Top 10 holdings

Scottish Oriental Smlr Co Tst PLC
03 December 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 30 November 2007:

Top 10 Holdings:                          % of portfolio

Raffles Medical                           1.95
Intelligent Digital Integrated Security   1.91
Housing Development Finance               1.80
SM Prime Holdings                         1.79
Tan Chong International                   1.71
CSE Global                                1.70
JVM                                       1.65
ITEQ                                      1.57
Bukit Sembawang Estates                   1.55
Home Product                              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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