Transaction in Own Shares

Aberdeen Asian Income Fund Limited
02 April 2008

                       Amendment to annoucement no 4764R


Shares were repurchased at a price of 113.375p per share. The announcement now
reads as follows:

On 02 April 2008 Aberdeen Asian Income Fund Ltd bought back 60,000 ordinary
shares for cancellation at a price of 113.375 pence per share. Following the buy
back, there are 108,780,000 ordinary shares in issue. The share buy-back will be
financed out of the capital reserve.




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