GUINNESS FLIGHT INVESTMENT FUNDS
497, 1998-03-10
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                                                                     Rule 497(c)
                                                       Registration No. 33-75340
                                GUINNESS FLIGHT


                       GUINNESS FLIGHT MAINLAND CHINA FUND

                        Supplement Dated March 10, 1998 to
                       Prospectus Dated: November 3, 1997



         THE FOLLOWING  INFORMATION UPDATES THE PERTINENT DISCLOSURE FOUND UNDER
THE  HEADING  "THE  FUND'S  MANAGEMENT"  ON  PAGE 15 OF THE  PROSPECTUS  AND THE
SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED JANUARY 16, 1998:

                  The Guinness  Flight  Mainland China Fund is no longer managed
                  by Nerissa Lee. The Mainland  China Fund is now  co-managed by
                  Adrian Fu and Lisa Chow.

                  The following are biographies of Mr. Fu and Ms. Chow:

                  ADRIAN FU -- Mr. Fu joined Hambro Pacific Fund Management, now
                  Guinness  Flight Hambro,  in 1996 as a member of the Hong Kong
                  investment team.  Prior to joining Guinness Flight Hambro,  he
                  was an Associate at Indo- Suez Asia Shipping Finance Services,
                  Ltd. from  December 1994 to October 1996.  Mr. Fu received his
                  MBA from  Imperial  College,  London  University  in 1994.  He
                  received a Master of  Engineering  (Merit) from the University
                  of Southampton, England, which he attended from 1989-1993. Mr.
                  Fu serves as the co-manager of the Mainland China Fund.

                  LISA CHOW  --Ms.  Chow  joined  Guinness  Flight in 1996 as an
                  Investment  Manager.  She has assisted with the  management of
                  the Asia  Small  Cap and  Mainland  China  Funds  since  their
                  inception.  Prior to joining Guinness Flight,  Ms. Chow was an
                  investment   analyst   specializing   in  Hong  Kong   smaller
                  capitalization  stocks  at HG Asia from  December  1993 to May
                  1995.  From May 1995 to  August  1996 she  worked  at  Sassoon
                  Securities,  where  she  provided  in-depth  research  on  the
                  telecom and energy sectors and was  instrumental in initiating
                  Sassoon's  research  effort in the  Philippines and Thai stock
                  market.  Ms. Chow  received her  Bachelor's of Science in 1993
                  from the  Massachusetts  Institute of Technology in Cambridge,
                  Massachusetts,  with a major in Management Science and a minor
                  in  Economics.  Ms.  Chow  serves  as  the  co-manager  of the
                  Mainland China Fund.

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         THE  FOLLOWING  TEXT IS ADDED TO THE  FIRST  FULL  PARAGRAPH  UNDER THE
HEADING "HOW TO PURCHASE SHARES" ON PAGE 17 OF THE PROSPECTUS:

                  The Fund may, in its sole  discretion,  cease taking  purchase
                  orders  prior to the close of  trading  on the New York  Stock
                  Exchange  on any day when the  Investment  Adviser  determines
                  that such  action  is in the best  interests  of the  existing
                  shareholders.
 


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