The amount of gain on settlement of impaired development cost.

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The amount of payments for previously written off notes receivable

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Amount of impairment loss for asset recognized from cost incurred to obtain or fulfill contract with customer.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 340
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
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Amount of cash outflow in the form of ordinary dividends provided by the non-wholly owned subsidiary to noncontrolling interests.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
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-Subparagraph (a)
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022	Jan. 31, 2023	Jan. 31, 2022
Variable Interest Entity
Capitalized project development costs			$ 7,900
Payments of distribution to non-controlling interest		$ 677
Non-controlling Interests
Variable Interest Entity
Capitalized project development costs			$ 2,500
GPS
Variable Interest Entity
Gain on settlement of impaired development cost	$ 1,600
Payments of distribution to non-controlling interest	700
Payment of previously written off notes receivables	$ 400