Portfolio Update

Schroder AsiaPacific Fund PLC
04 October 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                  04/10/04

To : The London Stock Exchange

Schroder AsiaPacific Fund plc

The Board of the Schroder AsiaPacific Fund plc announces that the top ten
holdings as at Thursday 30 September 2004 are as follows:-

NAME                                            % of GROSS ASSETS
Samsung Electronics                             5.8%
Fortune Real Estate                             3.3%
Jardine Matheson Holdings                       2.9%
Hyundai Motor                                   2.5%
Guoco Group                                     2.1%
Taiwan Semiconductor                            2.0%
Schroder Taiwan Fund                            2.0%
Venture Corp                                    1.9%
Seoul Securities                                1.9%
Swire Pacific                                   1.8%


By Order of the Board

Schroder Investment Management Limited

Secretaries


Enquiries :
                        Anhony Carney   020 7658 2548

Schroder AsiaPacific Fund plc


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