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Retirement Benefits

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

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Retirement Benefits

32. RETIREMENT BENEFITS

		UNITED STATES DOLLAR
		2017				2016				2015
All employees are members of various defined contribution retirement schemes.
Contributions to the various retirement schemes are fully expensed during the period in which they are incurred. The cost of providing retirement benefits for the year amounted to US$33.7 million (2016: US$30.0 million and 2015: US$32.8 million).

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The entire disclosure for employee benefits.

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