TABLE 10. NUMBER OF EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP AND MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP: APRIL 1997
                                                  (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)
                                                                   (In Thousands)

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                                                      AGRI-                          ELECTRI-             WHOLE     TRANS.  FINANCING COMMUNITY  INDUSTRY
                                                     CULTURE,   MINING     MANU-      CITY,     CONS-      SALE    STORAGE  INSURANCE  SOCIAL &    NOT
         MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP              TOTAL    FISHERY,   AND     FACTURING   GAS AND   TRUCTION    AND       AND    REAL EST.  PERSONAL ADEQUATELY
                                                       AND     QUARRYING              WATER               RETAIL    COMMU-    & BUS    SERVICES  DEFINED
                                                     FORESTRY                                             TRADE    NICATION  SERVICES
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              PHILIPPINES                    28,105    11,601       134     2,791       139     1,677     4,154     1,768       700     5,134         7

     Professional, Technical and Related
                 Workers                      1,647        12         5        72        17        60        29        32       102     1,318         *
     Administrative, Executive and
        Managerial Workers                      514         8         4        73         8        12        25        85        66       234         -
     Clerical Workers                         1,300        15         7       129        24        30       181       187       229       493         5
     Sales Workers                            3,966        18         1       118         5         8     3,615        14       118        69         -
     Service Workers                          2,656        23         7        95         9        12        88        41       137     2,243         1
     Agricultural. Animal Husbandry & Forestry
       Workers, Fishermen and Hunters        11,468    11,380         2        18         1         5        23         7         1        30         -
     Production and Related Workers,
       Transport Equipment Operators
       and Laborers                           6,524       146       109     2,278        73     1,550       191     1,401        45       730         1
     Occupation Not Adequately Defined           30         -         -         7         2         1         1         1         1        17         -

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Source: National Statistics Office