CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 30A-2(B) UNDER THE 1940 ACT AND SECTION 906 OF
                             THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

I, Bryan  McKigney,  Director,  President and Chairman of The Asia Tigers Fund,
Inc. (the "Registrant"), certify that:

      1.    The Form N-CSR of the Registrant  (the "Report") fully complies with
            the  requirements  of  Section  13(a)  or  15(d)  of the  Securities
            Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

      2.    The  information  contained in the Report  fairly  presents,  in all
            material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
            of the Registrant.


Date:    December 2, 2005                     /s/ Bryan McKigney
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                                         Bryan McKigney, Director, President and
                                         Chairman
                                         (principal executive officer)

I, Alan Kaye,  Treasurer of The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc. (the  "Registrant"),
certify that:

      1.    The Form N-CSR of the Registrant  (the "Report") fully complies with
            the  requirements  of  Section  13(a)  or  15(d)  of the  Securities
            Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

      2.    The  information  contained in the Report  fairly  presents,  in all
            material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
            of the Registrant.


Date:   December 2, 2005                      /s/ Alan Kaye
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                                         Alan Kaye, Treasurer
                                         (principal financial officer)