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Investments in Associates | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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19. | INVESTMENTS IN ASSOCIATES
The associates of the Company are set out below:
|  |  |  |  |  | Percentage of equity interest |
|  |  |  |  |  | As of December 31 |
Company Name |  | Nature of business |  | Country of incorporation |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Shandong Pacific Rubber Cable Co., Ltd. (“SPRC”) |  | Manufacturing of rubber cable |  | PRC |  |  | 25.00 | % |  |  | 25.00 | %
Siam Pacific Holding Company Limited (“SPHC”) |  | Investment & holding company |  | Thailand |  |  | 49.00 | % |  |  | 49.00 | %
Loxpac (Thailand) Company Limited (“Loxpac”) (Formerly known as “Loxley Pacific Co., Ltd.) |  | Providing telecommunication service |  | Thailand |  |  | 21.39 | % |  |  | 21.39 | %
Loxpac Hong Kong Co., Limited (“Loxpac HK”) (Formerly known as “Loxley Pacific Hong Kong Co., Limited” ) |  | Investment & holding company |  | Hong Kong |  |  | 23.10 | % |  |  | 23.10 | %
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
|  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |
Balance at January 1 |  |  | 786 |  |  |  | 1,633 |
Additions |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Share of loss of associates |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (710 | )
Impairment of investment in associates - SPRC |  |  | — |  |  |  | (126 | )
Exchange difference |  |  | 78 |  |  |  | (11 | )
Balance at December 31 |  |  | 861 |  |  |  | 786 |
The investments in SPRC, Loxpac and Loxpac HK have been fully impaired. The Company’s investments in associates are accounted for using the equity method in the consolidated financial statements.
19. | INVESTMENTS IN ASSOCIATES (continued)
The following table summarized financial information of the Company’s investments in associates:
|  | As of December 31, 2017 |
|  | SPHC |  |  | Total |
|  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |
Current assets |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | 14 |
Non-current assets |  |  | 1,926 |  |  |  | 1,926 |
Current liabilities |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (3 | )
Non-current liabilities |  |  | (180 | ) |  |  | (180 | )
Equity |  |  | 1,757 |  |  |  | 1,757 |
Reconciliation to the Company’s investments in associates: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of equity interest |  |  | 49 | % |  |  |  |
Carrying amount of the investment |  |  | 861 |  |  |  | 861 |
Revenue |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Loss |  |  | (5 | ) |  |  | (5 | )
Share of the associates’ profit for the year: |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (3 | )
|  | As of December 31, 2016 |
|  | SPRC |  |  | SPHC |  |  | Total |
|  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |
Current assets |  |  | 93,461 |  |  |  | 18 |  |  |  | 93,479 |
Non-current assets |  |  | 2,753 |  |  |  | 1,753 |  |  |  | 4,506 |
Current liabilities |  |  | (95,710 | ) |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (95,713 | )
Non-current liabilities |  |  | — |  |  |  | (164 | ) |  |  | (164 | )
Equity |  |  | 504 |  |  |  | 1,604 |  |  |  | 2,108 |
|  | As of December 31, 2016 |
|  | SPRC |  |  | SPHC |  |  | Total |
|  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |
Reconciliation to the Company’s investments in associates: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of equity interest |  |  | 25 | % |  |  | 49 | % |  |  |  |
Carrying amount of the investment |  |  | — |  |  |  | 786 |  |  |  | 786 |
Revenue |  |  | 25,016 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 25,016 |
Loss |  |  | (2,826 | ) |  |  | (5 | ) |  |  | (2,831 | )
Share of the associates’ profit for the year: |  |  | (707 | ) |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (710 | )
19. | INVESTMENTS IN ASSOCIATES (continued)
|  | As of December 31, 2015 |
|  | SPRC |  |  | SPHC |  |  | Total |
|  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |
Revenue |  |  | 28,989 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 28,989 |
Loss |  |  | (3,194 | ) |  |  | (6 | ) |  |  | (3,200 | )
Share of the associates’ profit for the year: |  |  | (798 | ) |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (801 | )
As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company's associates had no contingent liabilities or capital commitments.

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