Re Directorate

Martin Currie Portfolio Inv Tst PLC
24 May 2001

                 Martin Currie Portfolio Investment Trust plc
                 Stock Exchange Announcement - 24th May 2001

Headline - Retirement of non-executive director

Martin Currie Portfolio Investment Trust plc wishes to announce that Mr Norman
Lessels retired as a non-executive director of the company at the conclusion
of today's annual general meeting.

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