Portfolio Update

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Co's Inv Tst
02 February 2006

             ABERDEEN ASIAN SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC



                             10 LARGEST INVESTMENTS





The company announces that the ten largest investments as at close of business
on 31 January 2006 were as follows:



Top 10 Portfolio Assets
NAME                                                        % Ttl Gross Assets
BANK NISP IDR125                                                        4.67
M.P. EVANS GROUP ORD GBP0.10                                            4.31
WBL SGD1                                                                3.81
HANA MICROELECTRONIC THB1 (ALIEN MKT)                                   2.81
POS MALAYSIA & SERVICES MYR1                                            2.74
KOREAN REINSURANCE KRW500                                               2.72
WHEELOCK PROPERTIES SGD1                                                2.68
GODREJ CONSUMER PRODUCTS INR4                                           2.63
BINGGRAE CO KRW5000                                                     2.60
DAEGU BANK KRW5000                                                      2.47



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