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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Estimated Useful Lives of Assets (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Buildings [Member] | Bottom of range [Member] |
Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful lives of assets | 20 years
Buildings [Member] | Top of range [Member] |
Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful lives of assets | 30 years
Building improvement [Member] | Bottom of range [Member] |
Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful lives of assets | 3 years
Building improvement [Member] | Top of range [Member] |
Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful lives of assets | 20 years
Machinery and equipment [Member] | Bottom of range [Member] |
Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful lives of assets | 4 years
Machinery and equipment [Member] | Top of range [Member] |
Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful lives of assets | 20 years
Motor vehicles [Member] | Bottom of range [Member] |
Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful lives of assets | 3 years
Motor vehicles [Member] | Top of range [Member] |
Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful lives of assets | 10 years
Office equipment [Member] | Bottom of range [Member] |
Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful lives of assets | 2 years
Office equipment [Member] | Top of range [Member] |
Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [Line Items] |
Estimated useful lives of assets | 20 years

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- Definition The useful lives or depreciation rates used for property, plant and equipment. [Refer: Property, plant and equipment] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 16 -IssueDate 2018-01-01 -Paragraph 73 -Subparagraph c -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=16&date=2018-03-01&anchor=para_73_c&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2018-03-16 + Details
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