Interim Management Statement

Aberdeen New Dawn Invest Trust PLC
11 March 2008


Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC
Unaudited Interim Management Statement - 3 months to 31 January 2008

To the members of Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC
This unaudited interim management statement has been produced solely to provide
additional information to shareholders as a body to meet the relevant
requirements of the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. It
should not be relied upon by any other party or for any other purpose.

This interim management statement relates to the period from 1 November 2007 to
31 January 2008, and contains information that covers this period, and up to the
date of publication of this interim management statement, unless otherwise
specified.

Investment objective

To provide shareholders with a high level of capital growth through equity
investment in the Asia Pacific countries excluding Japan.

Benchmark

MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan (Sterling adjusted).  This benchmark includes
Australia and New Zealand.

Material events

During the 3 month period to end January 2008, the Company purchased 432,731
Ordinary 25p shares for treasury.  Since 31 January 2008 until the date of this
announcement a further 35,000 Ordinary shares have been purchased for treasury.
Accordingly, as at the date of this announcement, the Company's issued share
capital is 24,919,402 Ordinary shares.

The borrowings at the period end represented the equivalent of £9.7m drawn in
Hong Kong Dollars.  Subsequent to the period end the HKD borrowings of HKD150.1m
were rolled forward for one month at an all in rate of 3.1%.

For latest NAV and share price information please refer to the trust's website,
www.newdawn-trust.co.uk.


Ten largest equity holdings at 31 January 2008
                                                          %
Aberdeen Global-India Opportunities*                   13.1
Samsung Electronics Pref                                4.8
Rio Tinto                                               3.7
Swire Pacific B                                         3.6
QBE Insurance                                           3.2
United Overseas Bank                                    3.2
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp                            3.1
Taiwan Semiconductor                                    2.7
Sun Hung Kai Properties                                 2.6
Ayala Land                                              2.6
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Total                                                  42.6
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Total number of investments                              54
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*excluded for the purposes of calculating the investment management fee.


Country allocation as at 31 January 2008
Country                                                   %
Singapore                                              20.5
Hong Kong                                              14.6
India                                                  13.1
Korea                                                  11.0
Australia                                               8.3
Taiwan                                                  6.9
Thailand                                                5.3
China                                                   5.2
Malaysia                                                3.9
Other Asia                                              3.2
Philippines                                             2.6
Indonesia                                               2.1
Sri Lanka                                               1.2
Pakistan                                                0.5
New Zealand                                             0.0
Cash                                                    1.6
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Total                                                 100.0
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General description of Company's financial position and performance as at 31
January 2008


                                                                              £m
Gross Assets                                                               158.2
Debt                                                                         9.7
Prior charges                                                                  -

Gearing*                                                                   6.50%

*Gearing is expressed as a percentage of gross assets divided by shareholders'
funds


Cumulative performance (%)


                                       as at         1          3          6         1         3         5
                                  31/01/2008     month     months     months      year     years     years
Share Price                            513.5      -9.4       -9.7        0.4       0.1      57.2     212.8
NAV                                    595.1      -9.7       -8.0        2.5      14.5      84.8     219.9
MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan                    -12.4      -17.2       -1.0      18.9      82.2     188.8


Discrete performance (%)

                                    31/01/2008    31/01/2007    31/01/2006    31/01/2005    31/01/2004
Share Price                                0.1           6.0          48.1          17.2          69.9
NAV                                       14.5          10.8          45.7          11.5          55.3
MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan             18.9          12.1          36.7          15.2          37.6



Total Return; NAV to NAV, Net Income Reinvested, GBP

Source: Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited, Factset, Financial Times and
Fundamental Data

Please note that past performance is not necessarily a guide to the future and
that the value of investments and the income from them may fall as well as rise.
Investors may not get back the amount they originally invested.


For Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, Secretary
11 March 2008



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