Quarterly portfolio disclosure

Martin Currie High Income Trust plc
Stock Exchange Announcement - 3 February 2004

In  accordance  with the Listing Rules, which require, inter  alia,  UK-
listed  investment  companies  to notify  to  a  Regulatory  Information
Service, within two business days of the end of each quarter, a list  of
all  investments  held  by them with a value  greater  than  5%  of  the
company's gross assets and at least the company's 10 largest investments
as  at  the last business day of that quarter, Martin Currie High Income
Trust  plc  announces  that,  as  at 30 January  2004,  its  10  largest
investments were:


                                 % of gross
                                   assets
HSBC Holdings                        9.5
BP                                   8.7
GlaxoSmithKline                      7.5
Lloyds TSB Group                     5.1
Shell Transport & Trading Co         5.0
Barclays                             4.5
Tomkins                              3.8
AstraZeneca                          3.5
Land Securities Group                3.3
Scottish & Southern Energy           2.8


For further information, please contact:

Michael Woodward
Martin Currie Investment Management Ltd                0131 229 5252