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Employee Benefit (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Summary of Components of Net Benefit Expense Recognized in Income Statement and Funded Status and Amounts Recognized in Consolidated Balance Sheets | The following tables summaries the components of net benefit expense recognized in the income statement and the funded status and amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheet for the plan:
|  | For the year ended December 31, |
Net benefit cost |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
|  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |
Current service cost |  |  | 360 |  |  |  | 410 |  |  |  | 362 |
Interest cost on benefit obligation |  |  | 210 |  |  |  | 180 |  |  |  | 189 |
Net benefit cost |  |  | 570 |  |  |  | 590 |  |  |  | 551 |
|  | For the year ended December 31, |
Other comprehensive income |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
|  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |
Actuarial (gain) / loss – experience |  |  | 251 |  |  |  | 217 |  |  |  | (15 | )
Actuarial (gain) / loss – demographic assumption |  |  | 184 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2 | )
Actuarial (gain) / loss – financial assumption |  |  | 337 |  |  |  | (219 | ) |  |  | 171 |
Actuarial loss |  |  | 772 |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | 154 |
|  | For the year ended December 31, |
Change in the defined obligation |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
|  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |
Defined benefit obligation at January 1 |  |  | 6,652 |  |  |  | 6,305 |  |  |  | 6,738 |
Current service cost |  |  | 360 |  |  |  | 410 |  |  |  | 362 |
Interest cost on benefit obligation |  |  | 210 |  |  |  | 180 |  |  |  | 189 |
Benefits paid directly by the Company |  |  | (274 | ) |  |  | (269 | ) |  |  | (597 | )
Actuarial loss in other comprehensive income |  |  | 772 |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | 154 |
Exchange differences |  |  | 573 |  |  |  | 28 |  |  |  | (541 | )
Defined benefit obligation at December 31 |  |  | 8,293 |  |  |  | 6,652 |  |  |  | 6,305 |
Significant Assumptions Used in Determining Actuarial Present Value of Defined Benefit Obligations | The significant assumptions used in determining the actuarial present value of the defined benefit obligations for the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:
Maturity Profile of Defined Benefit Obligation | The following pension benefit payments are expected payments to be made in the future years out of the defined benefit plan obligation:
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
|  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |
Within the next 12 months (next annual reporting period) |  |  | 877 |  |  |  | 594 |
Between 2 and 5 years |  |  | 1,616 |  |  |  | 1,496 |
Between 5 and 10 years |  |  | 3,183 |  |  |  | 2,431 |
Beyond 10 years |  |  | 15,392 |  |  |  | 13,541 |
Total expected payments |  |  | 21,068 |  |  |  | 18,062 |
Weight average duration of defined benefit obligation |  | 11 years |  |  | 11 - 12 years |
Sensitivity Analysis of One-percentage Point Change in Assumed Rates | A one-percentage point change in the assumed rates would have yielded the following effects:
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
|  | US$’000 |  |  | US$’000 |
Discount rate – 1% increase |  |  | (721 | ) |  |  | (588 | )
Discount rate – 1% decrease |  |  | 844 |  |  |  | 687 |
Rate of salary increase – 1% increase |  |  | 808 |  |  |  | 661 |
Rate of salary increase – 1% decrease |  |  | (707 | ) |  |  | (574 | )

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