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Income Tax - Tax-exemption Information Related to Profits Generated from Certain Projects (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018
Construction and expansion of two thousand and eight [member]
Disclosure Of Tax Exemption [line items]
Tax-exemption Period, Start	2015
Tax-exemption Period, End	2019
Construction and expansion of two thousand and nine [member]
Disclosure Of Tax Exemption [line items]
Tax-exemption Period, Start	2018
Tax-exemption Period, End	2022

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