Quarterly portfolio disclosure

Martin Currie Portfolio Investment Trust plc
             Stock Exchange Announcement - 17 November 2003

The  Board  of  Martin  Currie  Portfolio  Investment  Trust  plc  ("the
company")  notes  the  publication of the Investment  Entities  (Listing
Rules  and  Conduct of Business) Instrument 2003, following consultation
paper  CP164, which require, inter alia, UK-listed investment  companies
to  notify to a Regulatory Information Service, within two business days
of  the end of each quarter, a list of all investments held by them with
a  value greater than 5% of the company's gross assets and at least  the
company's  10 largest investments as at the last business  day  of  that
quarter.  The  Board  recognises that the  relevant  amendments  to  the
Listing Rules are not effective until 1 November 2003, but has taken the
view  that,  given  that  the company's year-end  is  31  January,  and,
therefore, its other financial quarters are April, July and October,  it
is  appropriate  for  the company to commence making such  announcements
forthwith. The company therefore announces that, as at 31 October  2003,
its 10 largest investments were:

                                 % of gross
                                   assets
Martin Currie Capital Return        11.3
Trust
BP                                   6.3
Vodafone                             6.0
HSBC Holdings                        6.0
GlaxoSmithKline                      4.9
Royal Bank of Scotland               4.1
AstraZeneca                          3.1
Barclays                             2.1
Anglo American                       1.9
Tesco                                1.5


For further information, please contact:

Michael Woodward
Martin Currie Investment Management Ltd                0131 229 5252