John Hancock Advisers Releases Portfolio Information for Closed-End Funds

John Hancock Advisers Releases Portfolio Information for
Closed-End Funds 


BOSTON, Nov. 8  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- John Hancock Advisers, LLC announced
today that portfolio information, such as performance, top-ten holdings and
sector weightings, is available for its closed-end funds as of October 31,
2004. This information is available on John Hancock Funds' web site at
http://www.jhfunds.com/. To order a hard copy of this information or additional
closed-end fund literature, call [phone].  Investors may also call John
Hancock's automated closed-end funds information line, [phone].

   John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend Fund I (NYSE:PDF)
   John Hancock Patriot Premium Dividend Fund II (NYSE:PDT)
   John Hancock Patriot Select Dividend Trust (NYSE:DIV)
   John Hancock Patriot Global Dividend Fund (NYSE:PGD)
   John Hancock Patriot Preferred Dividend Fund (NYSE:PPF)
   John Hancock Preferred Income Fund (NYSE:HPI)
   John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II (NYSE:HPF)
   John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (NYSE:HPS)
   John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund (NYSE:HTD)
   John Hancock Investors Trust (NYSE:JHI)
   John Hancock Income Securities Trust (NYSE:JHS)
   John Hancock Financial Trends Fund (NASDAQ:JHFT)
   John Hancock Bank and Thrift Opportunity Fund (NYSE:BTO)



John Hancock Funds, a premier investment management company, managed $27
billion in open-end funds, closed-end funds, private accounts and retirement
plans for individual and institutional investors as of June 30, 2004.
Additional information about the company can be found on the website:
http://www.jhfunds.com/.

John Hancock Funds is a wholly owned subsidiary of John Hancock Financial
Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Manulife Financial Corporation. Founded in
1862, John Hancock Financial Services and its subsidiaries today offer a broad
range of financial products and services, including whole, term, variable, and
universal life insurance, as well as college savings products, mutual funds,
fixed and variable annuities, long-term care insurance and various forms of
business insurance.

Manulife Financial is a leading Canadian-based financial services group serving
millions of customers in 19 countries and territories worldwide. Operating as
Manulife Financial in Canada and most of Asia, and primarily through John
Hancock in the United States, the Company offers clients a diverse range of
financial protection products and wealth management services through its
extensive network of employees, agents and distribution partners. Funds under
management by Manulife Financial and its subsidiaries were Cdn$360 billion
(US$269 billion) as at June 30, 2004.

Manulife Financial Corporation trades as 'MFC' on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and
under '0945' on the SEHK. Manulife Financial can be found on the Internet at
http://www.manulife.com/. 

DATASOURCE: John Hancock Advisers, LLC



CONTACT:  Kimberley Dietrich, [phone], or Investors:

[phone], both of John Hancock



Web site:  http://www.jhfunds.com/

http://www.manulife.com/

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