Hong Kong recorded a 143.1 billion HK dollars surplus in its balance of payments account in this year's second quarter, accounting for 36.4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), the Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong said Tuesday. The department said the figure of the second quarter was much higher than the 68.9 billion HK dollars surplus in the first quarter which accounted for 18.2 percent of GDP. Among the major balance of payments components, there was a current account surplus of 46.1 billion HK dollars in the second quarter, up on the 43 billion HK dollars recorded in the first quarter. A net inflow of financial non-reserve assets amounting to 72.2 billion HK dollars was recorded in the second quarter, up on the first quarter by 41 billion HK dollars. (7.8 HK dollars = 1 U.S. dollar) 