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Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [line items]
Key management remuneration	$ 17.0	$ 17.0
Director's interest in issued share capital or voting control	1.00%
Executive Committee and Non-Executive Directors [Member]
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [line items]
Key management personnel's beneficial interest in issued and listed share capital	0.10%	0.20%

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- Definition

Percentage of key management personnel's beneficial interest in issued and listed share capital.

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Percentage of interest in issued share capital of each director.

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The amount of compensation to key management personnel. [Refer: Key management personnel of entity or parent [member]]

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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-IssueDate 2018-01-01
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