Top 10 holdings

Scottish Oriental Smlr Co Tst PLC
01 June 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 May 2007:

Top 10 Holdings: % of portfolio

Vietnam Enterprise 1.98

CSE Global 1.90

Tata Tea 1.81

Manila Water 1.79

Bumrungrad Hospital 1.71

Bukit Sembawang 1.69

Tisco Bank 1.67

Tan Chong International 1.67

TK Corp 1.64

Raffles Medical 1.62



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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