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Employee Benefit (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Summary of Employee Benefits Liabilities |
| As of December 31, |
| 2019 |  | 2018 |
| Current |  | Non-current |  | Total |  | Current |  | Non-current |  | Total |
| US$’000 |  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |
Employee benefit liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pension-Defined benefit plans |  | 1,436 |  |  | 10,306 |  |  | 11,742 |  |  | 855 |  |  | 8,161 |  |  | 9,016 |
Long service leave |  | 452 |  |  | 128 |  |  | 580 |  |  | 427 |  |  | 112 |  |  | 539 |
Total |  | 1,888 |  |  | 10,434 |  |  | 12,322 |  |  | 1,282 |  |  | 8,273 |  |  | 9,555 |
Summary of Components of Net Benefit Expense Recognized in Income Statement and Funded Status and Amounts Recognized in Consolidated Balance Sheets |
21. | EMPLOYEE BENEFIT (continued)
21(b)Pension – Defined benefit plans (continued) 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 | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |
| US$’000 |  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |
Current service cost |  | 546 |  |  | 419 |  |  | 360 |
Past service cost |  | 121 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Interest cost on benefit obligation |  | 254 |  |  | 202 |  |  | 210 |
Net benefit cost |  | 921 |  |  | 621 |  |  | 570 |
| For the year ended December 31, |
Other comprehensive income | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |
| US$’000 |  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |
Actuarial (gain) / loss – experience |  | 494 |  |  | 396 |  |  | 251 |
Actuarial (gain) / loss – demographic assumption |  | 18 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 184 |
Actuarial (gain) / loss – financial assumption |  | 1,215 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 337 |
Actuarial loss |  | 1,727 |  |  | 410 |  |  | 772 |
| For the year ended December 31, |
Change in the defined obligation | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |
| US$’000 |  | US$’000 |  | US$’000 |
Defined benefit obligation at January 1 |  | 9,016 |  |  | 8,293 |  |  | 6,652 |
Current service cost |  | 546 |  |  | 419 |  |  | 360 |
Past service cost |  | 121 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Interest cost on benefit obligation |  | 254 |  |  | 202 |  |  | 210 |
Benefits paid directly by the Company |  | (535 | ) |  | (352 | ) |  | (274 | )
Actuarial loss in other comprehensive income |  | 1,727 |  |  | 410 |  |  | 772 |
Exchange differences |  | 613 |  |  | 44 |  |  | 573 |
Defined benefit obligation at December 31 |  | 11,742 |  |  | 9,016 |  |  | 8,293 |
Significant Assumptions Used in Determining Actuarial Present Value of Defined Benefit Obligations | The significant assumptions used in determining the actuarial present value of the defined benefit obligations for the year ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 are as follows:
| 2019 |  |  | 2018
| % |  |  | %
Discount rate |  | 1.5 |  |  | 2.6 ~ 2.7
Rate of salary increase | 5.0~6.0 |  |  | 5.0 ~ 6.0
Pre-retirement mortality | * Thailand TMO17 Tables |  |  | * Thailand TMO17 Tables
* TMO represented as Thailand Mortality Ordinary Tables
Maturity Profile of Defined Benefit Obligation | The following pension benefit payments are expected payments to be made in the future years out of the defined benefit plan obligation:
| As of December 31, |
| 2019 |  | 2018 |
| US$’000 |  | US$’000 |
Within the next 12 months (next annual reporting period) |  | 1,340 |  |  | 855 |
Between 2 and 5 years |  | 2,489 |  |  | 2,374 |
Between 6 and 10 years |  | 4,391 |  |  | 4,187 |
Beyond 10 years |  | 16,917 |  |  | 17,084 |
Total expected payments |  | 25,137 |  |  | 24,500 |
Weighted average duration of defined benefit obligation | 9 years |  | 10 - 11 years |
Sensitivity Analysis of One-percentage Point Change in Assumed Rates | A one-percentage point change in the assumed rates would have yielded the following effects:
| 2019 |  | 2018 |
| US$’000 |  | US$’000 |
Discount rate – 1% increase |  | (1,003 | ) |  | (777 | )
Discount rate – 1% decrease |  | 1,178 |  |  | 908 |
Rate of salary increase – 1% increase |  | 1,115 |  |  | 869 |
Rate of salary increase – 1% decrease |  | (973 | ) |  | (762 | )

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