Select Bancorp (SLCT) 10-K 2006 FY Annual report

Exhibit 21

Subsidiaries of New Century Bancorp, Inc.

New Century Bank, Dunn, North Carolina

(a North Carolina chartered banking corporation)

New Century Bank South, Fayetteville, North Carolina *

(a North Carolina chartered banking corporation)

New Century Statutory Trust I **

(a Delaware Statutory Trust)

* Formerly, New Century Bank of Fayetteville

** Unconsolidated subsidiary