Directors' Dealings

Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust Plc
1 March 2000


Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons

1   Name of company:
ABERDEEN ASIAN SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

2   Name of director:
ERIC ELSTOB

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of     
holding of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or
children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest:
NON-BENEFICIAL INTEREST

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of 
shares held by each of them (if notified):
ST ANDREWS HOLBORN CHURCH FOUNDATION (23,000)
WILLIAM WILLIAMS CHARITY (23,000)
ISAAC DUCKETT'S CHARITY (23,000)
HOXTON ESTATE CHARITY (10,000)

5   Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with  
the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s):


6   Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please  
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary:
PURCHASE OF SHARES BY VARIOUS CHARITIES OF WHICH MR ELSTOB IS A TRUSTEE 

7   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
79,000

8   Percentage of issued class:
0.27%

9   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:


10  Percentage of issued class:


11  Class of security:
ORDINARY 25p SHARES

12  Price per share:
110p

13  Date of transaction:
25/2/00

14  Date company informed:
1/3/00

15  Total holding following this notification:
79,000 NON BENEFICIAL; 30,000 BENEFICIAL

16  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
0.27% NON BENEFICIAL; 0.10% BENEFICIAL

If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
following fields:

17  Date of grant:


18  Period during which or date on which exercisable:


19  Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option:


20  Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number:


21  Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to
be fixed at time of exercise:


22  Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following
this notification:


23  Contact name for queries:
CHARLES MEARNS

24  Contact telephone number:
020 7 463 6302

25  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC - SECRETARIES


Additional Information: