Top 10 Holdings

Scottish Oriental Smlr Co Tst PLC
04 March 2008



THE SCOTTISH ORIENTAL SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC

First State Investment Management (UK) Limited, managers of The Scottish
Oriental Smaller Companies Trust PLC ('the Company') announces the following
information as at 29 February 2008:

Top 10 Holdings:                                    % of portfolio

Intelligent Digital Integrated Security                  2.12
Tisco Bank                                               1.83
Home Product Center                                      1.76
Raffles Medical                                          1.75
Media Prima                                              1.67
Tan Chong International                                  1.65
SM Prime                                                 1.65
Tata Tea                                                 1.64
Unisteel Technology                                      1.61
ITEQ                                                     1.60


There are no holdings with a value greater than 5% of the Company's portfolio.
There are no holdings in other UK listed investment companies.



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