Directors Shrholding-Amendmnt

Jardine Matheson Hldgs Ld
24 March 2000

The issuer has made the following amendment to the Directors Shareholding
announcement released yesterday Thursday 23 March at 14.24 under RNS No 8251h.

The announcement incorrectly stated that Mr George Ho, a director of JMH, had
been allotted 3 Convertible Bonds of Mandarin Oriental International Limited
('MOIL'), a subsidiary of JMH, at a price of US$5,000 per Convertible Bond in
connection with the Rights Issue of MOIL. 

Mr George Ho has been allotted only 1 Convertible Bond of MOIL at a
price of US$5,000 per Convertible Bond.


This amendment has been corrected below

All other information remains unchanged

JARDINE MATHESON HOLDINGS LIMITED ('JMH')

DEALINGS BY DIRECTORS

GEORGE HO

We received notification today that Mr George Ho, a director of JMH,
has been allotted 1 Convertible Bonds of Mandarin Oriental
International Limited ('MOIL'), a subsidiary of JMH, at a price of US$5,000
per Convertible Bond in connection with the Rights Issue of MOIL. The interest
arising from the provisional allotment was announced on 24 February 2000 and
the take-up of rights in full on 8 March 2000.


A W BARTLETT, Matheson & Co., Limited, London
Secretaries of Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited 

24 MARCH 2000