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Investments in Associates | 12 Months Ended
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19. | INVESTMENTS IN ASSOCIATES
19(a)Associates of the Company
|  |  | Percentage of equity interest |
|  |  | As of December 31 |
Company Name | Nature of business | Country of incorporation | 2018 |  | 2017 |
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% |
19(b)Carrying amounts of investment in associates
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |
|  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |
At January 1 |  |  | 861 |  |  | 786 |
Share of loss of associates |  |  | (3 | ) |  | (3 | )
Exchange difference |  |  | 6 |  |  | 78 |
At December 31 |  |  | 864 |  |  | 861 |
The investments in SPRC, Loxpac and Loxpac HK have been fully impaired. 19(c)Summarized financial information for associates The following table summarized financial information of the Company’s investments in associates:
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |
|  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |
Summarized financial information of SPHC: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current assets |  |  | 9 |  |  | 14 |
Non-current assets |  |  | 1,938 |  |  | 1,926 |
Current liabilities |  |  | (3 | ) |  | (3 | )
Non-current liabilities |  |  | (181 | ) |  | (180 | )
Equity |  |  | 1,763 |  |  | 1,757 |
Reconciliation to the Company’s investments in associates: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of equity interest |  | 49% |  | 49% |
Carrying amount of the investment |  |  | 864 |  |  | 861 |
19. | INVESTMENTS IN ASSOCIATES (continued)
19(c)Summarized financial information for associates (continued)
|  | For the year ended December 31, |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
|  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |
Summarized financial information of SPHC: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Loss for the year |  |  | (5 | ) |  | (5 | ) |  | (5 | )
Reconciliation to the Company’s investments in associates: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of equity interest |  | 49% |  | 49% |  | 49% |
Share of the associates’ profit for the year: |  |  | (3 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | (3 | )
|  | For the year ended December 31, |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
|  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |
Summarized financial information of SPRC: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 25,016 |
Loss for the year |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2,826 | )
Reconciliation to the Company’s investments in associates: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of equity interest |  | 25% |  | 25% |  | 25% |
Share of the associates’ profit for the year: |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (707 | )
As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company's associates had no contingent liabilities or capital commitments.

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