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Investment Properties - Estimated Service Lives of Investment Properties (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017
Land improvements [Member] | Bottom of range [Member]
Disclosure of detailed information about investment property [Line Items]
Estimated service lives	P8Y
Land improvements [Member] | Top of range [Member]
Disclosure of detailed information about investment property [Line Items]
Estimated service lives	P30Y
Main buildings [Member] | Bottom of range [Member]
Disclosure of detailed information about investment property [Line Items]
Estimated service lives	P35Y
Main buildings [Member] | Top of range [Member]
Disclosure of detailed information about investment property [Line Items]
Estimated service lives	P60Y
Other building facilities [Member] | Bottom of range [Member]
Disclosure of detailed information about investment property [Line Items]
Estimated service lives	P4Y
Other building facilities [Member] | Top of range [Member]
Disclosure of detailed information about investment property [Line Items]
Estimated service lives	P10Y

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The useful lives or depreciation rates used for investment property. [Refer: Investment property]

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IAS
-Number 40
-IssueDate 2016-01-13
-Paragraph 79
-Subparagraph b
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-URIDate 2016-03-31

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