Schroder Oriental Income Fund Limited announced that the Directors of the company have declared the payment of a first interim dividend of 1.60 pence per share for the year ending August 31, 2017 on the ordinary shares of the company, unchanged from the first interim dividend paid in respect of the previous financial year. The dividend will be paid on February 8, 2017 with the record date of January 27, 2017 and the ex-dividend date is January 26, 2017.