Morgan Stanley Investment Management Releases Institutional Closed-End Fund Monthly Portfolio...

NEW YORK -- Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. announced today that it will post selected information regarding the Morgan Stanley Investment Management-sponsored Institutional Closed-End Fund, the Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc., to its public web-site at www.morganstanley.com/im

on January 23, 2007. The posting will include information relating to the Fund's top 10 portfolio holdings for the month ended December 31, 2006. Morgan Stanley Investment Management intends to make top 10 holdings information for its Institutional Closed-End Funds available approximately 15 business days following the end of the most recent month. You may obtain a hard copy of this report, and future quarterly reports as they become available, by either accessing the website or calling the number below.

For more information call: 1-800-231-2608.

Investing involves risk and it is possible to lose money on any investment in the fund.

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