EQUITY - Additional Information (Detail) - shares	Nov. 11, 2016	Feb. 02, 2022
Disclosure Of Classes Of Share Capital [Line Items]
Number of shares issued (in shares)		6,796,558
Number of shares outstanding (in shares)		20,616,227
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Disclosure Of Classes Of Share Capital [Line Items]
Intended percentage of net post-tax audited consolidated profits attributable to shareholders to pay for cash dividends	25.00%

Intended percentage of net post-tax audited consolidated profits attributable to shareholders to pay for cash dividends.

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The number of shares issued by the entity.

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The number of shares that have been authorised and issued, reduced by treasury shares held. [Refer: Treasury shares]

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