Weakly compact left multipliers

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This is Exercise 3(a) on p. 157 in Takesaki's Operator algebras.

Let $A$ be a C*-algebra. Then each opeator $T_a\colon A\to A$ given by $T_ax = ax$ ($a\in A$) is weakly compact if and only if $A$ is an ideal of $A^{**}$, the universal enveloping von Neumann algebra.

Any hints how to solve it will be appreciated.