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                            SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
 
          PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE SECURITIES
                    EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO.   )
 
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                     Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific Fund, Inc.
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                     MORGAN STANLEY ASIA-PACIFIC FUND, INC.
                    C/O MORGAN STANLEY ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
                          1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10020
 
                             ---------------------
 
                    NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
 
                             ---------------------
 
To Our Stockholders:
 
     Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the
"Meeting") of Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") will be held
on Monday, June 26, 1995, at 9:00 A.M. (New York time), in Conference Room 2 at
1221 Avenue of the Americas, 22nd Floor, New York, New York 10020, for the
following purposes:
 
          1. To elect three Class I Directors for a term of one year, three
     Class II Directors for a term of two years and three Class III Directors
     for a term of three years.
 
          2. To ratify or reject the selection by the Board of Directors of
     Price Waterhouse LLP as independent accountants of the Fund for the fiscal
     year ending December 31, 1995.
 
          3. To consider and act upon any other business as may properly come
     before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
 
     Only stockholders of record at the close of business on April 3, 1995 are
entitled to notice of, and to vote at, this Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
 
                                     VALERIE Y. LEWIS
                                     Secretary
 
Dated: May 30, 1995
 
     IF YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE SIGN AND PROMPTLY RETURN
THE ENCLOSED PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE. IN ORDER TO AVOID
THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE TO THE FUND OF FURTHER SOLICITATION, WE ASK YOUR
COOPERATION IN MAILING IN YOUR PROXY PROMPTLY.
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                     MORGAN STANLEY ASIA-PACIFIC FUND, INC.
                    C/O MORGAN STANLEY ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
                          1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10020
 
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                                PROXY STATEMENT
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     This statement is furnished by the Board of Directors of Morgan Stanley
Asia-Pacific Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") in connection with the solicitation of
Proxies for use at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Meeting") to be held
on Monday, June 26, 1995, at 9:00 A.M. (New York time), in Conference Room 2 at
the principal executive office of Morgan Stanley Asset Management Inc.
(hereinafter "MSAM" or the "Manager"), 1221 Avenue of the Americas, 22nd Floor,
New York, New York 10020. The purpose of the Meeting and the matters to be acted
upon are set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
It is expected that the Notice of Annual Meeting, Proxy Statement and form of
Proxy will first be mailed to stockholders on or about May 30, 1995.
 
     If the accompanying form of Proxy is executed properly and returned, shares
represented by it will be voted at the Meeting in accordance with the
instructions on the Proxy. A Proxy may be revoked at any time prior to the time
it is voted by written notice to the Secretary of the Fund or by attendance at
the Meeting. If no instructions are specified, shares will be voted for the
election of Directors and for the other proposals. Abstentions and broker
non-votes are each included in the determination of the number of shares present
and voting at the Meeting.
 
     The close of business on April 3, 1995 has been fixed as the record date
for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the
Meeting and at any adjournment thereof. On that date, the Fund had 53,654,508
shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote. Each share will be
entitled to one vote at the Meeting.
 
     The expense of solicitation will be borne by the Fund and will include
reimbursement to brokerage firms and others for expenses in forwarding proxy
solicitation materials to beneficial owners. The solicitation of Proxies will be
largely by mail, but may include, without cost to the Fund, telephonic,
telegraphic or oral communications by regular employees of the Manager. The
solicitation of Proxies is also expected to include communications by employees
of Shareholder Communications Corporation, a proxy solicitation firm expected to
be engaged by the Fund at a cost not expected to exceed $5,000 plus expenses.
 
     THE FUND WILL FURNISH, WITHOUT CHARGE, A COPY OF ITS ANNUAL REPORT FOR ITS
FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994, TO ANY STOCKHOLDER REQUESTING SUCH REPORT.
REQUESTS FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT SHOULD BE MADE IN WRITING TO MORGAN STANLEY
ASIA-PACIFIC FUND, INC., C/O MUTUAL FUNDS SERVICE COMPANY, P.O. BOX 2798,
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02208-2798, OR BY CALLING 1-800-221-6726.
 
     Mutual Funds Service Company is an affiliate of the Fund's administrator,
United States Trust Company of New York, and provides administrative services to
the Fund. United States Trust Company of New York's business address is 770
Broadway, New York, New York 10003. Mutual Funds Service Company's business
address is 73 Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108.
 
     The Board recommends that the stockholders vote in favor of each of the
matters mentioned in Items 1 and 2 of the Notice of Annual Meeting.
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                             ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
                                (PROPOSAL NO. 1)
 
     At the Meeting, it is proposed that three Class I Directors be elected to
hold office for a term of one year, three Class II Directors be elected to hold
office for a term of two years and three Class III Directors be elected to hold
office for a term of three years and, in each case, until their successors are
duly elected and qualified. It is the intention of the persons named in the
accompanying form of Proxy to vote, on behalf of the stockholders, for the
election of Peter J. Chase, David B. Gill and Warren J. Olsen as Class I
Directors, John W. Croghan, Graham E. Jones and Frederick B. Whittemore as Class
II Directors and Barton M. Biggs, John A. Levin and William G. Morton, Jr. as
Class III Directors.
 
     The Board of Directors has unanimously approved increasing the number of
Directors from six to nine effective as of the commencement of the Meeting and
is recommending that stockholders vote for the election of each of the nominees
for Directors.
 
     On or about the same date as the Meeting, each of the other closed-end,
U.S. registered investment companies advised by MSAM (except Morgan Stanley
India Investment Fund, Inc.) also is holding a meeting of stockholders at which,
among other things, such stockholders are considering a proposal to elect as
directors of such other investment companies (with certain limited exceptions)
the same people nominated to be Directors of the Fund. Accordingly, if elected,
all of the nominees for Directors of the Fund also will act as directors of The
Brazilian Investment Fund, Inc., The Latin American Discovery Fund, Inc., The
Malaysia Fund, Inc., Morgan Stanley Africa Investment Fund, Inc., Morgan Stanley
Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc., Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.,
Morgan Stanley Global Opportunity Bond Fund, Inc., The Morgan Stanley High Yield
Fund, Inc., The Pakistan Investment Fund, Inc., The Thai Fund, Inc. and The
Turkish Investment Fund, Inc. (collectively, with the Fund, the "MSAM closed-end
funds"). The Board believes that this arrangement will enhance the ability of
the Directors to deal expeditiously with administrative matters common to the
MSAM closed-end funds, such as evaluating the performance of common service
providers, including MSAM and the administrators, transfer agents, custodians
and accountants of the MSAM closed-end funds.
 
     In connection with the proposed new board arrangements, the Board of
Directors has determined that it would be appropriate to reduce the level of
fees payable by the Fund to its Directors. The Fund currently pays each of its
Directors who is not a director, officer or employee of MSAM or its affiliates
an annual fee of $10,000 plus $1,000 for each meeting of the Board of Directors
or a committee of the Board attended, plus certain out-of-pocket expenses. The
Fund also pays the Audit Committee Chairman an additional fee of $1,000 per
annum plus an additional $100 for each meeting of the Audit Committee attended.
Aggregate fees and expenses paid or payable to the Board of Directors for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1994 were $38,000. Effective immediately
following the Meeting, each of the Directors of the Fund who is not a director,
officer or employee of MSAM or its affiliates will receive from the Fund an
annual fee of $9,000 per year, plus out-of-pocket expenses. Each of the members
of the Fund's Audit Committee, which will consist of the Fund's Directors who
are not "interested persons" of the Fund as defined in the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended, will receive an additional annual fee of $1,700 for
serving on such committee.
 
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     After giving effect to the reduction in the level of fees payable by the
Fund to its Directors, the Fund will pay, on an annual basis, aggregate fees of
$64,200 (including fees payable to members of the Audit Committee), assuming
each of the six nominees named herein who is not a director, officer or employee
of MSAM or its affiliates is elected at the Meeting. At the fee level in effect
prior to the Meeting, the Fund would pay, on an annual basis, aggregate fees of
$97,200 for the same six nominees, assuming each such nominee attended four
quarterly Board meetings and two additional committee meetings. The level of
fees payable by the Fund to its Directors will be reviewed by the Directors
annually.
 
     Each of the Directors who is not an "affiliated person" of MSAM within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, may enter into a
deferred fee arrangement (the "Fee Arrangement") with the Fund, pursuant to
which such Director defers to a later date the receipt of his Director's fees.
The deferred fees owed by the Fund are credited to a bookkeeping account
maintained by the Fund on behalf of such Director and accrue income from and
after the date of credit in an amount equal to the amount that would have been
earned had such fees (and all income earned thereon) been invested and
reinvested either (i) in shares of the Fund or (ii) at a rate equal to the
prevailing rate applicable to 90-day United States Treasury Bills at the
beginning of each calendar quarter for which this rate is in effect, whichever
method is elected by the Director.
 
     Under the Fee Arrangement, deferred Director's fees (including the return
accrued thereon) will become payable in cash upon such Director's resignation
from the Board of Directors in generally equal annual installments over a period
of five years (unless the Fund has agreed to a longer or shorter payment period)
beginning on the first day of the year following the year in which such
Director's resignation occurred. In the event of a Director's death, remaining
amounts payable to him under the Fee Arrangement will thereafter be payable to
his designated beneficiary; in all other events, a Director's right to receive
payments is non-transferable. Under the Fee Arrangement, the Board of Directors
of the Fund, in its sole discretion, has reserved the right, at the request of a
Director or otherwise, to accelerate or extend the payment of amounts in the
deferred fee account at any time after the termination of such Director's
service as a director. In addition, in the event of the liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of the Fund or the distribution of all or substantially all of the
Fund's assets and property to its stockholders (other than in connection with a
reorganization or merger into another Fund advised by MSAM), all unpaid amounts
in the deferred fee account maintained by the Fund will be paid in a lump sum to
the Directors participating in the Fee Arrangement on the effective date
thereof.
 
     Currently, Messrs. Croghan and McNally are the only Directors who have
elected to enter the Fee Arrangement with the Fund.
 
     So that each of the nominees named herein could be nominated for election
in the class and for the term indicated above, it was necessary for Messrs.
Barrett and McNally not to seek re-election to the Board. The Fund and the
remaining members of the Board of Directors would like to express their
sincerest appreciation to such Directors for their dedication and service to the
Fund.
 
     Pursuant to the Fund's By-laws, the Board of Directors is divided into
three classes. Each Director holds office until (i) the expiration of his term
and until his successor has been elected and qualified, (ii) his death, (iii)
his resignation, (iv) December 31 of the year in which he reaches seventy-three
years of age, or (v) his removal as provided by statute or the Articles of
Incorporated.
 
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     The Board of Directors has an Audit Committee. The Audit Committee makes
recommendations to the full Board of Directors with respect to the engagement of
independent accountants and reviews with the independent accountants the plan
and results of the audit engagement and matters having a material effect on the
Fund's financial operations. The members of the Audit Committee are currently
Messrs. Barrett, Chase, Croghan and McNally, none of whom is an "interested
person." After the Meeting, the Audit Committee will continue to consist of the
Directors of the Fund who are not "interested persons." The Audit Committee met
once during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994. The Board of Directors does
not have nominating or compensation committees.
 
     There were three meetings of the Board of Directors held during the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1994. Each director attended at least seventy-five
percent of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board and of any committee on
which he served, except Mr. Biggs.
 
     Each of the nominees for Director has consented to be named in this Proxy
Statement and to serve as a director if elected. The Board of Directors has no
reason to believe that any of the nominees named above will become unavailable
for election as a director, but if that should occur before the Meeting, Proxies
will be voted for such persons as the Board of Directors may recommend.
 
     Certain information regarding each of the nominees as a Director of the
Fund and the executive officers of the Fund is set forth below:
 


                                                                                       COMMON
                                                                                        STOCK          SHARE
                                                                                     BENEFICIALLY   EQUIVALENTS
                                 POSITION WITH                                       OWNED AS OF    OWNED UNDER
                                   THE FUND         PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS             APRIL 3,     DEFERRED FEE
       NAME AND ADDRESS           SINCE 1994        AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS     AGE     1995**      ARRANGEMENTS+   PERCENT
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Barton M. Biggs*............... Director and    Chairman and Director of       62       30,047          0            ***
  1221 Avenue of the Americas     Chairman of     Morgan Stanley Asset
  New York, New York 10020        the Board       Management Inc. and Morgan
                                                  Stanley Asset Management
                                                  Limited; Managing Director
                                                  of Morgan Stanley & Co.
                                                  Incorporated; Director of
                                                  Morgan Stanley Group Inc.;
                                                  Member of International
                                                  Advisory Council of The
                                                  Thailand Fund; Director and
                                                  officer of various
                                                  investment companies managed
                                                  by Morgan Stanley Asset
                                                  Management Inc.

Peter J. Chase................. Director        Chairman of CGL, Inc.;         62          502         --            ***
  821-C San Mateo                                 Principal, Statements;
  Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505                      Director of The Malaysia
                                                  Fund, Inc. and The Thai
                                                  Fund, Inc.; Member of the
                                                  Investment Advisory Council
                                                  of The Thailand Fund;
                                                  Consultant, NGV Systems,
                                                  Inc.; Previously Chairman of
                                                  CJS, Inc. and Principal of
                                                  Sidney A. Staunton, Inc. and
                                                  the Yankee Group.

 
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                                                                                       COMMON
                                                                                        STOCK          SHARE
                                                                                     BENEFICIALLY   EQUIVALENTS
                                 POSITION WITH                                       OWNED AS OF    OWNED UNDER
                                   THE FUND         PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS             APRIL 3,     DEFERRED FEE
       NAME AND ADDRESS           SINCE 1994        AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS     AGE     1995**      ARRANGEMENTS+   PERCENT
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John W. Croghan................ Director        Chairman of Lincoln Capital    64       15,000        364.9880       ***
  200 South Wacker Drive                          Management Company; Director
  Chicago, Illinois 60606                         of St. Paul Bancorp, Inc.,
                                                  Lindsay Manufacturing Co.
                                                  and Morgan Stanley Emerging
                                                  Markets Fund, Inc.;
                                                  Previously a Director of
                                                  Blockbuster Entertainment
                                                  Corporation.

David B. Gill..................       --        Director of The Thai Fund,     68        0             --            ***
  3042 Cambridge Place, N.W.                      Inc., The Latin American
  Washington, D.C. 20007                          Discovery Fund, Inc., Morgan
                                                  Stanley Emerging Markets
                                                  Fund, Inc. and the Mauritius
                                                  Fund Limited; Member of the
                                                  International Advisory
                                                  Committee of Banco Surinvest
                                                  S.A.; Member of the
                                                  International Advisory
                                                  Council of The Thailand
                                                  Fund; International Adviser
                                                  to Crown Agents for Overseas
                                                  Governments and
                                                  Administrations; Member of
                                                  the Capital Markets
                                                  Committee of the
                                                  Inter-American Investment
                                                  Corporation; Member of the
                                                  Advisory Counsel of Korea
                                                  Development Investment
                                                  Corporation; Chairman and
                                                  Director of Norinvest Bank;
                                                  Member of The International
                                                  Advisory Council of
                                                  Investment Management
                                                  Company Chile S.A.;
                                                  Previously: Director of
                                                  Capital Markets Department
                                                  of the International Finance
                                                  Corporation; Trustee of
                                                  Batterymarch Finance
                                                  Management; Chairman and
                                                  Director of Equity Fund of
                                                  Latin America S.A. and
                                                  Commonwealth Equity Fund
                                                  Limited; and Director of
                                                  Global Securities, Inc.

 
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                                                                                       COMMON
                                                                                        STOCK          SHARE
                                                                                     BENEFICIALLY   EQUIVALENTS
                                 POSITION WITH                                       OWNED AS OF    OWNED UNDER
                                   THE FUND         PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS             APRIL 3,     DEFERRED FEE
       NAME AND ADDRESS           SINCE 1994        AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS     AGE     1995**      ARRANGEMENTS+   PERCENT
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Graham E. Jones................       --        Senior Vice President of BGK   62        0             --            ***
  23 Chestnut Street                              Properties; Trustee of nine
  Boston, Massachusetts 02108                     funds managed by Weiss, Peck
                                                  & Greer; Trustee of eight
                                                  funds managed by Morgan
                                                  Grenfell Capital Management
                                                  Incorporated; Director of
                                                  The Malaysia Fund, Inc., The
                                                  Turkish Investment Fund,
                                                  Inc., The Thai Fund, Inc.
                                                  and The Pakistan Investment
                                                  Fund, Inc.; Member of the
                                                  International Advisory
                                                  Council of The Thailand
                                                  Fund; Previously Chief
                                                  Financial Officer of
                                                  Practice Management Systems,
                                                  Inc.

John A. Levin*.................       --        President of John A. Levin &   56        0             --            ***
  One Rockefeller Plaza                           Co., Inc.; Director of Morgan
  New York, New York 10020                        Stanley Emerging Markets
                                                  Debt Fund, Inc., Morgan
                                                  Stanley India Investment
                                                  Fund, Inc. and The Pakistan
                                                  Investment Fund, Inc.

William G. Morton, Jr..........       --        Chairman and Chief Executive   58        0             --            ***
  1 Boston Place                                  Officer of Boston Stock
  Boston, Massachusetts 02108                     Exchange; Director of Tandy
                                                  Corporation; Director of The
                                                  Malaysia Fund, Inc., Morgan
                                                  Stanley Africa Investment
                                                  Fund, Inc., Morgan Stanley
                                                  Emerging Markets Debt Fund,
                                                  Inc. and Morgan Stanley
                                                  Global Opportunity Bond
                                                  Fund, Inc.

Warren J. Olsen*............... Director and    Principal of Morgan Stanley    38        0              0            ***
  1221 Avenue of the Americas     President       Asset Management Inc.;
  New York, New York 10020                        Director and officer of
                                                  various investment companies
                                                  managed by Morgan Stanley
                                                  Asset Management Inc.

Frederick B. Whittemore*.......       --        Advisory Director of Morgan    64        0             --            ***
  1251 Avenue of the Americas                     Stanley & Co. Incorporated;
  New York, New York 10020                        Chairman for the United
                                                  States National Committee
                                                  for Pacific Economic
                                                  Cooperation; Director and
                                                  officer of various
                                                  investment companies managed
                                                  by Morgan Stanley Asset
                                                  Management Inc.; Previously
                                                  Managing Director of Morgan
                                                  Stanley & Co. Incorporated.

 
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                                                                                       COMMON
                                                                                        STOCK          SHARE
                                                                                     BENEFICIALLY   EQUIVALENTS
                                 POSITION WITH                                       OWNED AS OF    OWNED UNDER
                                   THE FUND         PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS             APRIL 3,     DEFERRED FEE
       NAME AND ADDRESS           SINCE 1994        AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS     AGE     1995**      ARRANGEMENTS+   PERCENT
- ------------------------------- --------------- ------------------------------ ---   -----------   -------------   -------
                                                                                                 
James W. Grisham*.............. Vice President  Principal of Morgan Stanley    53       100            --            ***
  1221 Avenue of the Americas                     Asset Management Inc.; 
  New York, New York 10020                        Officer of various investment
                                                  companies managed by Morgan
                                                  Stanley Asset Management
                                                  Inc.

Harold J. Schaaff, Jr.*........ Vice President  Principal of Morgan Stanley &  34        0             --            ***
  1221 Avenue of the Americas                     Co. Incorporated; General
  New York, New York 10020                        Counsel and Secretary of
                                                  Morgan Stanley Asset
                                                  Management Inc.; Officer of
                                                  various investment companies
                                                  managed by Morgan Stanley
                                                  Asset Management Inc.

Joseph P. Stadler*............. Vice President  Vice President of Morgan       40        0             --            ***
  1221 Avenue of the Americas                     Stanley Asset Management
  New York, New York 10020                        Inc.; Officer of various
                                                  investment companies managed
                                                  by Morgan Stanley Asset
                                                  Management Inc.; Previously
                                                  with Price Waterhouse LLP.

Valerie Y. Lewis*.............. Secretary       Vice President of Morgan       39        0             --            ***
  1221 Avenue of the Americas                     Stanley Asset Management
  New York, New York 10020                        Inc.; Officer of various
                                                  investment companies managed
                                                  by Morgan Stanley Asset
                                                  Management Inc.; Previously
                                                  with Citicorp.

Hilary D. Toole*............... Assistant       Associated with Morgan Stanley 31        0             --            ***
  1221 Avenue of the Americas     Secretary       Asset Management Inc.;
  New York, New York 10020                        Officer of various
                                                  investment companies managed
                                                  by Morgan Stanley Asset
                                                  Management Inc.; Previously
                                                  with Womble, Carlyle,
                                                  Sandridge & Rice and Reboul,
                                                  MacMurray, Hewitt, Maynard &
                                                  Kristol.

 
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                                                                                       COMMON
                                                                                        STOCK          SHARE
                                                                                     BENEFICIALLY   EQUIVALENTS
                                 POSITION WITH                                       OWNED AS OF    OWNED UNDER
                                   THE FUND         PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS             APRIL 3,     DEFERRED FEE
       NAME AND ADDRESS           SINCE 1994        AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS     AGE     1995**      ARRANGEMENTS+   PERCENT
- ------------------------------- --------------- ------------------------------ ---   -----------   -------------   -------
                                                                                                 
James R. Rooney*............... Treasurer       Assistant Vice President and   36            0         --            ***
  73 Tremont Street                               Manager of Fund
  Boston, Massachusetts 02108                     Administration, Mutual Funds
                                                  Service Company; Officer of
                                                  various investment companies
                                                  managed by Morgan Stanley
                                                  Asset Management Inc.;
                                                  Previously Assistant Vice
                                                  President and Manager of
                                                  Fund Compliance and Control,
                                                  Scudder Stevens & Clark Inc.
                                                  and Audit Manager, Ernst &
                                                  Young LLP.
                                                                                     -----------   -------------   -------
All Nominees and Executive Officers as a Group................................        45,649        364.9880         ***
                                                                                     ===========   =============   =======

 
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  * "Interested person" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
    1940, as amended. Mr. Biggs is a director and officer, and Messrs. Olsen,
    Grisham, Schaaff and Stadler and Ms. Lewis are officers of the Manager. Mr.
    Whittemore is an Advisory Director of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, an
    affiliate of the Manager and a registered broker-dealer, and he is the owner
    of a beneficial interest in the Manager. Ms. Toole is an employee of the
    Manager. Mr. Levin is an officer of John A. Levin & Co., Inc., a registered
    broker-dealer. Mr. Rooney is an employee of Mutual Funds Service Company, an
    affiliate of United States Trust Company of New York, the Fund's
    administrator.
 
 ** This information has been furnished by each nominee and executive officer.
 
*** Less than 1%.
 
  + Indicates share equivalents owned by the nominees who are current Directors
    and held in cash accounts by the Fund on behalf of such nominees in
    connection with the deferred fee arrangements described above.
 
     Each officer of the Fund will hold such office until a successor has been
duly elected and qualified.
 
     Set forth below is a chart showing the aggregate compensation paid by the
Fund to each of its Directors, as well as the total compensation paid to each
Director of the Fund by the Fund and by other U.S. registered investment
companies advised by MSAM or its affiliates (collectively, the "Fund Complex"),
for their services as Directors of such investment companies.
 


                                                                    TOTAL COMPENSATION NUMBER OF FUNDS
                               AGGREGATE    PENSION OR RETIREMENT   FROM THE FUND AND  IN FUND COMPLEX
                             COMPENSATION  BENEFITS ACCRUED AS PART FUND COMPLEX PAID     FOR WHICH
      NAME OF DIRECTOR       FROM THE FUND  OF THE FUND'S EXPENSES     TO DIRECTORS    DIRECTOR SERVES
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Barton M. Biggs(1)            $         0            None               $        0             6
Warren J. Olsen(1),(2)                  0            None                        0            15
John D. Barrett II               3,630.43            None                 3,630.43             1
Peter J. Chase                   3,893.48            None                30,093.48             3
John W. Croghan                  3,630.43            None                19,430.43             2
Andrew McNally IV                3,630.42            None                13,630.42             2

 
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(1) Mr. Biggs is a director and officer of MSAM, and Mr. Olsen is an officer of
    MSAM, and therefore are "interested persons" within the meaning of the
    Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. As a director and/or officer of
    MSAM, Messrs. Biggs and Olsen do not receive any compensation from the Fund
    or any other U.S. registered investment company in the Fund Complex for
    their services as a director of such investment companies.
 
(2) During 1994, Mr. Olsen resigned as a director from one of the funds in the
    Fund Complex, and thus currently serves as a director on fourteen funds in
    the Fund Complex.
 
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     Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires
the Fund's officers and directors, and persons who own more than ten percent of
a registered class of the Fund's equity securities, to file reports of ownership
and changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New
York Stock Exchange, Inc. The Fund believes that its officers and directors
complied with all applicable filing requirements for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1994, except that a Form 5 -- Annual Statement of Beneficial
Ownership of Securities for each of Messrs. Biggs, Barrett, McNally and Grisham
relating to one transaction in the Fund's shares was inadvertently filed late by
management of the Fund, which had undertaken to file the forms on their behalf.
 
     The election of the nominees as directors requires the affirmative vote of
a majority of the votes cast at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Under
the Fund's By-laws, the presence in person or by proxy of stockholders entitled
to cast a majority of the votes entitled to be cast thereat shall constitute a
quorum. For this purpose, abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted in
determining whether a quorum is present at the Meeting, but will not be counted
as votes cast at the Meeting.
 
     THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE "FOR" THE
ELECTION OF THE NINE NOMINEES AS DIRECTORS
 
                      SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
                                (PROPOSAL NO. 2)
 
     The Board of Directors of the Fund, including a majority of the Directors
who are not interested persons of the Fund, has selected Price Waterhouse LLP as
independent accountants for the Fund for the fiscal year ending December 31,
1995. The ratification of the selection of independent accountants is to be
voted on at the Meeting, and it is intended that the persons named in the
accompanying Proxy will vote for Price Waterhouse LLP. Price Waterhouse LLP acts
as the independent accountants for certain of the other investment companies
advised by MSAM. Although it is not expected that a representative of Price
Waterhouse LLP will attend the Meeting, a representative will be available by
telephone to respond to stockholder questions, if any.
 
     The Board's policy regarding engaging independent accountants' services is
that management may engage the Fund's principal independent accountants to
perform any services normally provided by independent accounting firms, provided
that such services meet any and all of the independence requirements of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Securities and
Exchange Commission. In accordance with this policy, the Audit Committee reviews
and approves all services provided by the independent accountants prior to their
being rendered. The Board of Directors also receives a report from its Audit
Committee relating to all services that have been performed by the Fund's
independent accountants.
 
     The ratification of the selection of independent accountants requires the
affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at a meeting at which a quorum
is present. For this purpose, abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted
in determining whether a quorum is present at the Meeting, but will not be
counted as votes cast at the Meeting.
 
     THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FUND RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE "FOR" THIS
PROPOSAL NO. 2
 
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                SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
 
     To the knowledge of the Fund's management, no person owned beneficially
more than 5% of the Fund's outstanding shares at April 30, 1995.
 
                                 OTHER MATTERS
 
     No business other than as set forth herein is expected to come before the
Meeting, but should any other matter requiring a vote of stockholders arise,
including any question as to an adjournment of the Meeting, the persons named in
the enclosed Proxy will vote thereon according to their best judgment in the
interests of the Fund.
 
                             STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
 
     A stockholders' proposal intended to be presented at the Fund's Annual
Meeting of Stockholders in 1996 must be received by the Fund on or before
January 31, 1996, in order to be included in the Fund's proxy statement and form
of proxy relating to that meeting.
 
                                              VALERIE Y. LEWIS
                                              Secretary
 
Dated: May 30, 1995
 
     STOCKHOLDERS WHO DO NOT EXPECT TO BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING AND WHO WISH TO
HAVE THEIR SHARES VOTED ARE REQUESTED TO DATE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED PROXY AND
RETURN IT IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED IF MAILED IN THE
UNITED STATES.
 
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P                   MORGAN STANLEY ASIA-PACIFIC FUND, INC.
R                                      
O                  C/O MORGAN STANLEY ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
X                         1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
Y                          NEW YORK, NEW YORK  10020
  
        THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS



        The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints WARREN J. OLSEN, VALERIE
Y. LEWIS and HAROLD J. SCHAAFF, JR., and each of them, as proxies for the
undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, and hereby
authorizes said proxies, and each of them, to represent and vote, as designated
on the reverse side, all stock of the above Company held of record by the
undersigned on April 3, 1995 at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on
June 26, 1995, and at any adjournment thereof.

        The undersigned hereby revokes any and all proxies with respect to such
stock heretofore given by the undersigned. The undersigned acknowledges receipt
of the Proxy Statement dated May 30, 1995.






     (CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED AND DATED ON REVERSE SIDE.)     ---------------
                                                                   SEE REVERSE  
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- ------- PLEASE MARK    
   X    VOTES AS                                   
- ------- IN THIS EXAMPLE


                                   
                    FOR      WITHHELD      Class I Nominees:    Peter J. Chase, David B.               
1. Election of    --------   --------                           Gill and Warren J. Olsen               
   the following                           Class II Nominees:   John W. Croghan,                       
   nominees as                                                  Graham E. Jones and                    
   Directors:     --------   --------                           Frederick B. Whittemore                
                                           Class III Nominees:  Barton M. Biggs, John A.               
                                                                Levin and William G.                   
                                                                Morton, Jr.                            
                                                                                                       
                                                            -------------------------------------------
                                                            For all nominees except as noted above     
                     

                     
                                                       
    2.  Ratification of the selection of Price               FOR       AGAINST     ABSTAIN  
        Waterhouse LLP as independent                     --------     --------    -------- 
        accountants.                                                                        

    3.  In the discretion of such proxies, upon any       --------     --------    --------                                   
        and all other business as may properly come       
        before the meeting or any adjournment               
        thereof.                                            
                                                            
                                                          MARK HERE FOR ADDRESS         ----------
                                                          CHANGE AND NOTE AT LEFT 

                                                                                        ----------



THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY
THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED
FOR THE ELECTION OF THE THREE CLASS I, THREE CLASS II AND THREE CLASS III
NOMINEES AND IN FAVOR OF PROPOSAL NO. 2. PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME
APPEARS. WHEN SHARES ARE HELD BY JOINT TENANTS, BOTH SHOULD SIGN.  


SIGNATURE(S)                                           DATE           , 1995
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When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or
custodian, please sign full title as such. If a corporation, please sign full
corporate name by authorized officer and indicate the signer s office. If a
partnership, please sign in partnership name. PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN
THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.