Top 10 holdings

Scottish Oriental Smlr Co Tst PLC
05 March 2007


THE SCOTTISH ORIENTAL SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC

First State Investment Management (UK) Limited, managers of The Scottish
Oriental Smaller Companies Trust PLC ('the Company') announces the following
information as at 28 February 2007:

Top 10 Holdings:                          % of portfolio

Vietnam Enterprise                             3.25

Shandong Weigao                                2.58

K-REIT Asia                                    1.96

CSE Global                                     1.75

Shangri La Asia                                1.72

Everlight Electronic                           1.71

Home Product                                   1.65

Uchi Technologies                              1.62

Raffles Medical                                1.58

Lafarge Malayan Cement                         1.54



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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