Holding(s) in Company

Aberdeen Asian Income Fund Limited
18 January 2006



                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   Name of company
      Aberdeen Asian Income Fund Limited

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest
      Singer & Friedlander Investment Management Limited

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
     holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18
      In respect of 2 above

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
     number of shares held by each of them

      Not disclosed


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
      not disclosed

6)   Percentage of issued class
      not disclosed

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
      n/a

8)   Percentage of issued class
      n/a

9)   Class of security
      Ord

10)  Date of transaction
      12 January 2006

11)  Date company informed
      16 January 2006

12)  Total holding following this notification
      3,422,050

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
      3.11%

14)  Any additional information
      No

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries
      Charles Mearns 0131 313 6402     Date of notification 18 January 2006


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