Martin Currie European Investment Trust plc
              Stock Exchange Announcement - 5 January 2004


In accordance with the Listing Rules, which require, inter alia, UK-
listed investment companies to notify to a Regulatory Information
Service, within two business days of the end of each calendar month, a
list of all investments in other investment companies that do not have a
stated investment policy to invest no more than 15% of their gross
assets in other UK-listed investment companies as at the last business
day of that month, Martin Currie European Investment Trust plc announces
that, as at 31 December 2003, it had no investments in such other
investment companies.



For further information, please contact:

Michael Woodward
Martin Currie Investment Management Ltd                0131 229 5252