TABLE 3.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP: JANUARY 1996 TO JANUARY 1997
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)

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                                                      Jan 1996              Apr 1996              Jul 1996              Oct 1996              Jan 1997
             MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP                 Number     Percent    Number     Percent    Number     Percent    Number     Percent    Number     Percent
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                 PHILIPPINES

        Total Employed (In thousands)             26,527      100.0     27,358      100.0     27,419      100.0     27,442      100.0     27,335      100.0

     Agriculture, Fishery and  Forestry           11,485       43.3     11,975       43.8     11,668       42.6     11,451       41.7     11,407       41.7
     Mining and Quarrying                             87        0.3        122        0.4        127        0.5        115        0.4        128        0.5
     Manufacturing                                 2,645       10.0      2,627        9.6      2,754       10.0      2,756       10.1      2,683        9.8
     Electricity, Gas and Water                      112        0.4        102        0.4        134        0.5        123        0.5        125        0.5
     Construction                                  1,412        5.3      1,448        5.3      1,583        5.8      1,573        5.7      1,530        5.6
     Wholesale and Retail Trade                    3,954       14.9      4,098       15.0      3,938       14.4      4,062       14.8      4,050       14.8
     Transportation, Storage and
       Communication                               1,606        6.1      1,622        6.0      1,637        6.0      1,657        6.0      1,681        6.1
     Financing, Insurance, Real
       Estate and Business
       Services                                      535        2.0        605        2.2        637        2.3        681        2.5        697        2.5
     Community, Social and
       Personal Services                           4,686       17.7      4,755       17.4      4,939       18.0      5,019       18.3      5,027       18.4
     Industry Not Adequately
       Defined                                         5        0.0          3        0.0          4        0.0          5        0.0          6        0.0

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Source:  National Statistics Office, Income and Employment Statistics Division