
$41.8bln surplus recorded in December 2010
The surplus in December was mainly due to the receipt of $33.8 billion in investment income on fiscal reserves.
The surplus for the nine months ending December 31 came in at $59 billion, according to Hong Kong Information Services Department.
Expenditure for the last nine months last year amounted to $220.2 billion and revenue stood at $279.2 billion.
Fiscal reserves stood at $579.3 billion, as at December 31.