Edgar Filing: TEMPLETON DRAGON FUND INC

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-08394
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TEMPLETON DRAGON FUND, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

500 EAST BROWARD BLVD., SUITE 2100, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33394-3091
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

CRAIG S. TYLE, ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY, SAN MATEO, CA 94403-1906
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(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (954) 527-7500
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Date of fiscal year end: 12/31
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Date of reporting period: 3/31/06
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ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

Templeton Dragon Fund, Inc.

QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
MARCH 31, 2006

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CONTENTS

Statement of Investments .............................................. 3

Notes to Statement of Investments ..................................... 7

[LOGO](R)
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON
INVESTMENTS

Franklin o TEMPLETON o Mutual Series

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Templeton Dragon Fund, Inc.

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS, MARCH 31, 2006 (UNAUDITED)

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COUNTRY SHARES VALUE
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COMMON STOCKS 98.4%
AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS 0.1%
Sinotrans Ltd., H ......................................................... China 3,017,000 $ 1,215,051
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AIRLINES 0.4%
a Air China Ltd., H ......................................................... China 7,486,000 2,894,277
a,b Air China Ltd., H, 144A ................................................... China 1,364,000 527,357
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3,421,634
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AUTO COMPONENTS 0.9%
Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co. Ltd. ....................................... Taiwan 10,208,938 7,455,224
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AUTOMOBILES 0.2%
Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. Ltd., B .................................. China 3,840,249 1,880,668
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CAPITAL MARKETS 0.8%
Yuanta Core Pacific Securities Co. ........................................ Taiwan 11,818,290 7,137,440
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COMMERCIAL BANKS 10.8%
a China Construction Bank, H ................................................ China 11,115,000 5,192,620
a,b China Construction Bank, H, 144A .......................................... China 63,073,000 29,465,958
Chinatrust Financial Holding Co. Ltd. ..................................... Taiwan 10,074,050 7,154,953
HSBC Holdings PLC ......................................................... United Kingdom 1,764,585 29,540,701
Mega Financial Holding Co. Ltd. ........................................... Taiwan 27,217,000 20,504,580
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91,858,812
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COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT 0.4%
D-Link Corp. .............................................................. Taiwan 3,277,239 3,458,601
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COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS 5.5%
Acer Inc. ................................................................. Taiwan 12,965,943 23,851,198
Advantech Co. Ltd. ........................................................ Taiwan 1,768,514 4,898,916
Asustek Computer Inc. ..................................................... Taiwan 3,171,863 8,600,602
LITE-ON IT Corp. .......................................................... Taiwan 1,191,000 1,330,306
Lite-On Technology Corp. .................................................. Taiwan 5,891,622 8,169,193
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46,850,215
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CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS 0.3%
Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd., H ............................................ China 1,306,000 1,885,082
China Resources Cement Holding Ltd. ....................................... China 872,000 203,406
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2,088,488
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DISTRIBUTORS 3.5%
China Resources Enterprise Ltd. ........................................... China 12,562,000 25,902,867
Test-Rite International Co. Ltd. .......................................... Taiwan 5,227,963 3,551,999
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29,454,866
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DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES 0.4%
China Telecom Corp. Ltd., H ............................................... China 10,278,000 3,642,591
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Templeton Dragon Fund, Inc.

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS, MARCH 31, 2006 (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
ELECTRIC UTILITIES 4.1%
Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. .................................. Hong Kong 11,060,000 $ 35,135,093
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ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT 0.5%
BYD Co. Ltd., H ........................................................... China 311,000 643,287
Phoenixtec Power Co. Ltd. ................................................. Taiwan 3,632,945 3,542,944
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4,186,231
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ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS 1.9%
Delta Electronics Inc. .................................................... Taiwan 7,077,970 16,465,975
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FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING 16.4%
Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd. .................................... Hong Kong 39,811,578 139,340,523
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FOOD PRODUCTS 1.2%
Uni-President Enterprises Corp. ........................................... Taiwan 16,612,030 10,134,905
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HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE 1.3%
The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Ltd. ..................................... Hong Kong 9,371,838 10,689,001
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HOUSEHOLD DURABLES 0.9%
TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Ltd. ................................... China 47,600,000 7,422,691
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INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS & ENERGY TRADERS 3.0%
Datang International Power Generation Co. Ltd., H ......................... China 26,502,000 16,735,697
Guangdong Electric Power Development Co. Ltd., B .......................... China 11,270,600 5,083,749
Huadian Power International Corp. Ltd., H ................................. China 8,404,000 2,247,363
Huaneng Power International Inc., H ....................................... China 1,454,000 993,137
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25,059,946
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INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES 4.9%
CITIC Pacific Ltd. ........................................................ China 7,081,000 21,262,757
LG Corp. .................................................................. South Korea 220,170 7,647,545
Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd. ......................................... China 5,816,000 12,217,464
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41,127,766
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INSURANCE 0.2%
a China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., H .......................................... China 1,300,000 1,641,869
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IT SERVICES 0.4%
Travelsky Technology Ltd., H .............................................. China 2,837,000 3,016,354
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LEISURE EQUIPMENT & PRODUCTS 0.4%
Premier Image Technology Corp. ............................................ Taiwan 2,363,850 3,179,332
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MACHINERY 1.8%
China International Marine Containers (Group) Co. Ltd., B ................. China 12,791,872 12,578,467
Yungtay Engineering Co. Ltd. .............................................. Taiwan 5,686,000 3,030,991
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15,609,458
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4 | Quarterly Statement of Investments

Templeton Dragon Fund, Inc.

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS, MARCH 31, 2006 (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED)
METALS & MINING 0.1%
Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., H ............................................ China 1,028,000 $ 1,086,366
China Oriental Group Co. Ltd. .............................................. China 392,000 84,872
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1,171,238
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OFFICE ELECTRONICS 0.1%
Kinpo Electronics Inc. ..................................................... Taiwan 1,526,700 588,025
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OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS 15.4%
China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., H ...................................... China 103,150,000 59,820,606
a China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd., H ............................................ China 2,400,500 4,222,828
CNOOC Ltd. ................................................................. China 12,232,000 9,458,402
PetroChina Co. Ltd., H ..................................................... China 45,320,000 47,309,023
b PetroChina Co. Ltd., H, 144A ................................................ China 9,200,000 9,603,774
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130,414,633
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REAL ESTATE 6.1%
Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd. ................................................ Hong Kong 2,575,000 27,294,944
Hang Lung Group Ltd. ....................................................... Hong Kong 4,976,042 11,350,797
Henderson Investment Ltd. .................................................. Hong Kong 5,239,000 10,127,651
Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd. ................................................ Hong Kong 682,000 2,537,040
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51,310,432
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SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT 4.7%
Elan Microelectronics Corp. ................................................ Taiwan 2,059,491 1,056,589
Faraday Technology Corp. ................................................... Taiwan 471,162 763,638
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. ............................................... South Korea 10,780 6,989,554
Sunplus Technology Co. Ltd. ................................................ Taiwan 6,575,395 9,056,515
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. ................................ Taiwan 11,111,921 21,981,430
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39,847,726
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TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS 0.6%
Tack Fat Group International Ltd. .......................................... Hong Kong 26,080,000 3,125,788
Tainan Enterprises Co. Ltd. ................................................ Taiwan 1,864,460 2,200,309
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5,326,097
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TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE 2.2%
China Merchants Holdings International Co. Ltd. ............................ China 1,882,691 5,434,957
Cosco Pacific Ltd. ......................................................... China 3,354,000 6,699,831
Hainan Meilan International Airport Co. Ltd., H ............................ China 2,994,000 1,823,151
Hopewell Holdings Ltd. ..................................................... Hong Kong 1,595,000 4,625,006
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18,582,945
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WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES 8.9%
China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd. .............................................. China 13,122,000 68,912,294
Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd. ..................................................... Taiwan 7,047,764 6,710,295
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75,622,589
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TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (COST $466,804,001) .................................... 834,336,419
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Templeton Dragon Fund, Inc.

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS, MARCH 31, 2006 (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $26,657,954) 3.1%
MONEY MARKET FUND 3.1%
c Franklin Institutional Fiduciary Trust Money Market Portfolio, 4.36% ...... United States 26,657,954 $ 26,657,954
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS (COST $493,461,955) 101.5% .............................. 860,994,373
OTHER ASSETS, LESS LIABILITIES (1.5)% ..................................... (13,132,167)
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NET ASSETS 100.0% ......................................................... $ 847,862,206
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a Non-income producing.

b Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933
and may be sold in transactions exempt from registration only to qualified
institutional buyers or in a public offering registered under the Securities Act
of 1933. These securities have been deemed liquid under guidelines approved by
the Fund's Board of Directors. At March 31, 2006, the aggregate value of these
securities was $39,597,089, representing 0.05% of net assets.

c The Franklin Institutional Fiduciary Trust Money Market Portfolio is managed
by an affiliate of the Fund's investment manager. The rate shown is the
annualized seven-day yield at period end.

6 | See Notes to Statement of Investments. | Quarterly Statement of Investments

Templeton Dragon Fund, Inc.

NOTES TO STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED)

Templeton Dragon Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 as a non-diversified closed-end investment company.

1. INCOME TAXES

At March 31, 2006, the cost of investments and net unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) for income tax purposes were as follows:

Cost of investments ........................................... $ 494,375,842
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Unrealized appreciation ....................................... $ 376,990,461
Unrealized depreciation ....................................... (10,371,930)
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Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) .................... $ 366,618,531
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For information on the Fund's policy regarding valuation of investments and
other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund's most recent
semiannual or annual shareholder report.

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ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) EVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. The Registrant maintains
disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information
required to be disclosed in the Registrant's filings under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported within the periods specified in the rules and
forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such information is accumulated
and communicated to the Registrant's management, including its principal
executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow
timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Registrant's management,
including the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer,
recognizes that any set of controls and procedures, no matter how well designed
and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired
control objectives.

Within 90 days prior to the filing date of this Quarterly Schedule of Portfolio
Holdings on Form N-Q, the Registrant had carried out an evaluation, under the
supervision and with the participation of the Registrant's management, including
the Registrant's principal executive officer and the Registrant's principal
financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the
Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures. Based on such evaluation, the
Registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer
concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are
effective.

(b) CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS. There have been no significant changes
in the Registrant's internal controls or in other factors that could
significantly affect the internal controls subsequent to the date of their
evaluation in connection with the preparation of this Quarterly Schedule of
Portfolio Holdings on Form N-Q.

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

(a) Certifications pursuant to Section 30a-2 of the Investment Company Act of
1940 of Jimmy D. Gambill, Chief Executive Officer - Finance and Administration,
and Galen G. Vetter, Chief Financial Officer.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

TEMPLETON DRAGON FUND, INC.

By /s/JIMMY D. GAMBILL
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Jimmy D. Gambill
Chief Executive Officer -
Finance and Administration
Date May 22, 2006

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the
following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.

By /s/JIMMY D. GAMBILL
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Jimmy D. Gambill
Chief Executive Officer -
Finance and Administration
Date May 22, 2006

By /s/GALEN G. VETTER
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Galen G. Vetter
Chief Financial Officer
Date May 22, 2006