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VIA EDGAR
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December 21, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
ATTN: Office of Filings, Information and Consumer Services
RE: Matthews International Funds (the "Trust")
File Nos. 33-78960/811-08510
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To the Staff of the Commission:
As counsel to the Trust and in accordance with Rule 497(j) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), we hereby certify the
following:
a. the form of prospectus and statement of additional information
that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497
under the Securities Act would not have differed from that
contained in the most recent post-effective amendment to the
Trust's registration statement on Form N-1A; and
b. the text of the most recent post-effective amendment to the
Trust's registration statement was filed with the Commission
via EDGAR on December 15, 2000.
Kindly direct any questions concerning this filing to the undersigned
personally at (415) 835-1649.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ Thao H. Ngo
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Thao H. Ngo
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
345 California Street
San Francisco, California 94104-2635
