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Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Details) - Investment properties [Member] | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Bottom of range [member] |
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |
Investment property useful life (in years) | 8
Top of range [member] |
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] |
Investment property useful life (in years) | 40

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- Definition Description of useful life used for investment property. [Refer: Investment property] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 40 -IssueDate 2022-03-24 -Paragraph 79 -Subparagraph b -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=40&code=ifrs-tx-2022-en-r&anchor=para_79_b&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2022-03-24 + Details
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