JAKARTA  Taywan Taylor Big Tall Jersey , Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Shipment of Indonesian products overseas increased in August amid rising price of global oil and other commodities.

National statistics bureau announced on Friday that Indonesia's export grew 19.24 percent to 15.21 billion U.S. dollars in August from a year ago.

Head of the bureau Kecuk Suhariyanto disclosed that the rising global oil prices followed by hike on price and demand of commodities had spurred increase of Indonesia's exported products of oil and gas, and horticultural and natural resources commodities.

"The hike of export was contributed by the hike in oil and gas, and non-oil and gas exportation," he told a press conference at the bureau headquarters.

On import, Indonesia witnessed a 8.99 percent growth to 13.49 billion U.S. dollars in August from a year earlier, said Suhariyanto.

That led the country's trade performance to swing to a 1.72 billion U.S. dollars surplus in August, the highest since 2012  Adoree' Jackson Big Tall Jersey , after recording a 270 million U.S. dollars deficit in July, he added.

The surplus partly contributed to the hike on the central bank foreign exchange reserve to record high in August of 128.8 billion U.S. dollars, according to the lender.

The Southeast Asia's biggest economy is the world's largest exporter and producer of crude palm oil and thermal coal.

The nation is also the world's third biggest exporter of rubber and cocoa, as well as home to the world's second-biggest copper mine.

In 2016, the value of Indonesia's export reached 144.43 billion U.S. dollars with 135.65 billion U.S. dollars import, according to the bureau.

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WINDHOEK, July 12 (Xinhua) -- To Elizabeth Murangi, schoolprincipal of Monte Christo Primary Project School in the Namibiancapital, the arrival of two container classrooms on Wednesday meansher students will be able to study indoors.

"This is a great transformation," said Murangi, whose school hasbeen housed in temporary tents in the informal settlement of Havanain the capital.

"We have been conducting our lessons for grades one to threefrom temporary tents to meet the education needs as populationescalates in the area in the face of infrastructure shortages  Harold Landry Big Tall Jersey ," shesaid.

Gerard Vries, Director of Education, Arts and Culture in theKhomas Region, said that the influx of people to the Havanainformal settlement led the education ministry to accommodatelearners in tents classrooms, while it builds three permanentschools to absorb the ever growing population of learners.

More than 110,000 people are living in informal settlements inWindhoek, with an estimated close to 100  Rashaan Evans Big Tall Jersey ,000 living in Havanaalone, according to Namibia Statistics Agency.

But teaching in tents, according to Murangi, comes with manychallenges.

"For instance, we are now in winter, the children, when in tentsget exposed to adversity of weather variability. Not only is that  Kevin Byard Authentic Jersey ,but it is also costly, and we face technical difficulties insetting up a conducive classroom environment in a tent. Butnevertheless, we have to groom and educate the children," sheadded.

Handing over the container classrooms, Sven Thieme, executivechairman of the Ohlthaver and List (O&L) Group of Companies,said that the donation of container classrooms forms part of theefforts to address teaching infrastructure shortage in the centralregion.

The container classrooms are equipped with standard classroomfacilities.

Receiving the donation on behalf of the Minister of Education  Derrick Henry Authentic Jersey ,Arts and Culture, Veno Kauaria, Deputy Permanent Secretary ofLifelong Learning in the Ministry said that the establishment oftents and prefabricated structures are a result of the high demandfor school spaces in the highly populated area.

"Over the years, the ministry has been battling withinsufficient funds to meet the implementation of its capitalprojects. The donation of containerized classrooms will thereforemake a huge difference in creating a conducive teaching andlearning environment for the less privileged groups of society,"said Kauaria.

Meanwhile, plans are underway to construct permanent schools forchildren now taught in tents.

Back at the school, by noon  Jack Conklin Authentic Jersey , the students moved to their newclassrooms.

"The learners are beaming with hope and smiles. They got toexperience firsthand about how it feels being in an indoorclassroom, a first for all of them," said Murangi. Enditem

Kids attend a midnight release party for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Books and Books on July 30, 2016, in Coral Gables, Florida. Photo: IC

Harry Potter magic hit Asia on Sunday, as aspiring witches and wizards crowded into bookstores to get their hands on the first copies of a new play that imagines the hero as an adult.

Launch parties for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child were held hours after the play's premiere in London on Friday  Jonnu Smith Authentic Jersey , setting the stage for a return of the series that has captivated readers and movie audiences worldwide.

Nearly 300 fans rushed through the doors of Kinokuniya bookstore on Singapore's Orchard Road at 7:01 am to become one of the first people in the world to see the newly published script.

Student Samantha Chua, 24, who along with her boyfriend was first in line, said she had been waiting outside the fourth-floor bookstore since 5:00 am.

"We were here so early that the mall wasn't even open yet so we .