Top 10 holdings

Scottish Oriental Smlr Co Tst PLC
03 September 2007

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 31 August 2007:

Top 10 Holdings:                          % of portfolio

Manila Water                              2.11

LG Life Sciences                          1.96

Iteq                                      1.85

Intelligent Digital Integrated Security   1.84

Holcim                                    1.84

SM Prime                                  1.83

Raffles Medical                           1.82

Everlight Electronic                      1.76

CSE Global                                1.69

Housing Development Finance               1.64


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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