Supplement dated 12-23-08 to the current
Class A, B and C Shares Prospectus

Under the heading “Additional Investor Services”, under the subheading “Retirement Plans”, the second paragraph is amended and restated:

John Hancock funds do not accept requests to establish new John Hancock

custodial 403(b)(7) accounts; do not accept requests for exchanges or

transfers into your existing John Hancock custodial 403(b)(7) accounts; and

require additional disclosure documentation if you direct John Hancock funds

to exchange or transfer some or all of your John Hancock custodial 403(b)(7)

account assets to another 403(b)(7) contract or account. In addition,

effective January 1, 2009, the funds will no longer accept salary deferrals into

403(b)(7) accounts. Please refer to the SAI for more information regarding

these restrictions.

Supplement dated December 23, 2008,
to the current Statement of Additional Information

In the section “INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES,” the following subsection is amended and restated:

Lending of Securities. Each Fund may lend its securities so long as such loans

do not represent more than 33 1/3% of the Fund’s total assets. As collateral for

the loaned securities, the borrower gives the lending portfolio collateral equal to

at least 102% of the value of the loaned securities (105% for foreign equity and

corporate securities). The collateral will consist of cash (including U.S. dollar and

non-U.S. dollar currency). The borrower must also agree to increase the

collateral if the value of the loaned securities increases. As with other extensions

of credit, there are risks that collateral could be inadequate in the event of the

borrower failing financially, which could result in actual financial loss, and risks

that recovery of loaned securities could be delayed, which could result in

interference with portfolio management decisions or exercise of ownership rights.

The collateral is managed by an affiliate of the Adviser. Each Fund will be

responsible for the risks associated with the investment of cash collateral,

including the risk that the Fund may lose money on the investment or may fail to

earn sufficient income to meet its obligations to the borrower. In addition, a Fund

may lose its right to vote its shares of the loaned securities at a shareholders

meeting if the subadviser fails to timely recall the security or the borrower fails to

return the recalled security in advance of the record date for the meeting.

Certain Funds have entered into an agreement with The Goldman Sachs Trust

Company, doing business as Goldman Sachs Agency Lending (“Goldman

Sachs”), as their securities lending agent (the “Securities Lending Agreement”).

Under the Securities Lending Agreement, Goldman Sachs will generally bear the

risk that a borrower may default on its obligation to return loaned securities.

Securities lending involves counterparty risk, including the risk that the loaned

securities may not be returned or returned in a timely manner and/or a loss of

rights in the collateral if the borrower or the lending agent defaults or fails

financially. This risk is increased when a Fund’s loans are concentrated with a

single or limited number of borrowers. There are no limits on the number of

borrowers to which a Fund may lend securities and a Fund may lend securities to

only one or a small group of borrowers. In addition, under the Securities Lending

Agreement, loans may be made to affiliates of Goldman Sachs as identified in

the Securities Lending Agreement.

In the section “Additional Services and Programs”, the following subsection is amended and restated:

Section 403(b)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code permits public school employers

and employers of certain types of tax-exempt organizations to establish for their

eligible employees custodial accounts for the purpose of providing for retirement

income for such employees. Effective September 25, 2007, Treasury regulations

imposed certain conditions on exchanges between one custodial account

intended to qualify under Section 403(b)(7) (the “exchanged account”) and

another contract or custodial account intended to qualify under Section 403(b)

(the “replacing account”) under the same employer plan (a “Section 403(b)

Plan”). Specifically, the replacing account agreement must include distribution

restrictions that are no less stringent than those imposed under the exchanged

account agreement, and the employer must enter in an agreement with the

custodian (or other issuer) of the replacing account under which the employer

and the custodian (or other issuer) of the replacing account will from time to time

in the future provide each other with certain information.

Due to these Regulations:

1)	The funds do not accept requests to establish new John Hancock custodial 403(b)(7) accounts intended to qualify as a Section 403(b) Plan; and
2)	The funds do not accept requests for exchanges or transfers into your John Hancock custodial 403(b)(7) accounts (i.e., where yours is the replacing account); and
3)	The funds require certain signed disclosure documentation in the event:
		You established a John Hancock custodial 403(b)(7) account with a fund prior to September 24, 2007; and
		You direct the fund on or after September 25, 2007 to exchange or transfer some or all of your John Hancock custodial 403(b)(7) account assets to another 403(b) contract or account (i.e., where the exchanged account is with the fund).
4)	Effective January 1, 2009, the funds will no longer accept salary deferrals into 405(b)(7) accounts.

In the event that the fund does not receive the required documentation, and you nonetheless direct the fund to proceed with the transfer, the transfer may be treated as a taxable transaction.