Disclosure corporate information.

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Payments for repurchase of treasury shares.

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Percentage of investments from foreign private equity.

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Percentage of investments sell.

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Proportion of ownership interest held by ultimate parent entity.

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Stock repurchase program, authorized.

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The amount of liabilities that are: (a) a contractual obligation: (i) to deliver cash or another financial asset to another entity; or (ii) to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially unfavourable to the entity; or (b) a contract that will, or may be, settled in the entity’s own equity instruments and is: (i) a non-derivative for which the entity is, or may be, obliged to deliver a variable number of the entity’s own equity instruments; or (ii) a derivative that will, or may be, settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments. For this purpose, rights, options or warrants to acquire a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments for a fixed amount of any currency are equity instruments if the entity offers the rights, options or warrants pro rata to all of its existing owners of the same class of its own non-derivative equity instruments. Also, for those purposes the entity’s own equity instruments do not include puttable financial instruments that are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16A-16B of IAS 32, instruments that impose on the entity an obligation to deliver to another party a pro rata share of the net assets of the entity only on liquidation and are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32, or instruments that are contracts for the future receipt or delivery of the entity’s own equity instruments. As an exception, an instrument that meets the definition of a financial liability is classified as an equity instrument if it has all the features and meets the conditions in paragraphs 16A-16B or paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]; Financial assets; Derivatives [member]]

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The increase (decrease) in the number of shares outstanding. [Refer: Number of shares outstanding]

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The number of shares authorised.

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The nominal value per share.

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The decrease in equity resulting from the purchase of treasury shares. [Refer: Treasury shares]

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Principal Activities and Corporate Information - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)				10 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 17, 2015	Aug. 13, 2014	Aug. 28, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2007	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 08, 2008	Sep. 07, 2008
Disclosure corporate information [Line Items]
Percentage of shares owned by a U.S. private equity firm					9.80%	20.00%
Percentage of remaining shares sold by a U.S. private equity firm to Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd.	9.80%
Authorized share capital, number of shares							50,000,000	50,000,000	50,000,000	20,000,000
Authorized share capital, par value per share							$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Number of shares repurchased under share capital repurchase program				(11,100)
Total consideration for shares repurchased under share capital repurchase program				$ 38,000
Financial liabilities recognized		$ 0					$ 77,560,000	$ 62,964,000
Top of range [Member]
Disclosure corporate information [Line Items]
Monetary amount of common shares authorized to repurchase under share capital repurchase program			$ 2,000,000
Monetary amount of common shares authorized to repurchase under share capital repurchase program		$ 1,000,000
Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd. [Member]
Disclosure corporate information [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interest held by the ultimate parent company							75.40%