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Share Capital - Summary of Share Capital (Parenthetical) (Detail) - shares | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
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Disclosure of classes of share capital [abstract] |  |
Treasury shares | 51,787,959 | 51,787,959

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