UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 9, 2006

METROCORP BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas	0-25141	76-0579161
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

9600 Bellaire Boulevard, Suite 252 Houston, Texas	77036
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 776-3876

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On November 14, 2006, MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") will present information regarding the Company's business at the 3^rd Annual Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett Asian Banking Conference in New York. The slide presentation to be given at this Conference is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company is not undertaking to update this presentation.

The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit attached hereto, is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibits. The following materials are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K:

99.1 - Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett Asian Conference Presentation November 14, 2006.

SIGNATURES

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

	METROCORP BANCSHARES, INC.
	(Registrant)
Dated: November 13, 2006	By:	/s/ George M. Lee
		George M. Lee
		Chief Executive Officer