Top 10 holdings

Scottish Oriental Smlr Co Tst PLC
18 October 2005


THE SCOTTISH ORIENTAL SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC

First State Investment Management (UK) Limited, managers of The Scottish
Oriental Smaller Companies Trust PLC ('the Company') announce the following
information as at 31 August 2005:

Top 10 Holdings:                % of portfolio

S1 Corporation                  2.47
Shangri La Asia                 2.37
Cipla                           2.30
Nong Shim Holdings              2.06
Daegu Bank                      1.95
TK Corp                         1.77
Formosa International Hotels    1.74
Housing Development             1.69
IOI                             1.64
Taiwan Familymart               1.61

There are no holdings with a value greater than 5% of the Company's portfolio.

There are no holdings in other UK listed investment companies.




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