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Capital Management (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Capital Management [Abstract] |
Debt to Capital Ratios | The Company’s strategy, which is unchanged for the reporting periods, is to maintain a reasonable ratio in order to raise capital with reasonable cost. The debt to capital ratios as of December 31, 2022 and 2023 were as follows:
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2022 |  |  | 2023 |
|  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |
|  | (In Thousands) |  |  | (In Thousands) |
Total liabilities |  | $ | 201,834,635 |  |  | $ | 202,859,864 |
Less: Cash and cash equivalents |  |  | (173,818,777 | ) |  |  | (132,553,615 | )
Net debt |  |  | 28,015,858 |  |  |  | 70,306,249 |
Total equity |  |  | 322,810,948 |  |  |  | 343,716,968 |
Total capital |  | $ | 350,826,806 |  |  | $ | 414,023,217 |
Debt to capital ratios |  |  | 7.99% |  |  |  | 16.98% |

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