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Retirement Benefits

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

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Retirement Benefits

32.		RETIREMENT BENEFITS
		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.
		Retirement benefit costs			32.8				33.7				30.0

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The entire disclosure for employee benefits.

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