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Capital and other commitments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Capital and other commitments | 29. Capital and other commitments
|  | 2017 $m |  |  | 2016 $m |
Contracts placed for expenditure not provided for in the Financial Statements: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  | 18 |  |  |  | 11 |
Intangible assets |  |  | 86 |  |  |  | 86 |
|  |  | 104 |  |  |  | 97 |
The Group has also committed to invest in a number of its associates, with an estimated outstanding commitment of $33m at 31 December 2017 (2016: $36m) based on current forecasts. A loan facility of $5m (2016: $nil) has also been made available to a hotel owner which was undrawn at 31 December 2017.

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