TABLE 3.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP: APRIL 1997 TO APRIL 1998
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding)

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            MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP               April 1997       July 1997       October 1997     January 1998     April 1998
                                             Number Percent   Number Percent   Number Percent   Number Percent   Number Percent
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                PHILIPPINES

       Total Employed (In thousands)         28,105   100.0   27,531   100.0   27,888   100.0   27,691   100.0   27,835   100.0

     Agriculture, Fishery and  Forestry      11,601    41.3   10,987    39.9   11,260    40.4   11,020    39.8   10,433    37.5
     Mining and Quarrying                       134     0.5      133     0.5      124     0.4      116     0.4      130     0.5
     Manufacturing                            2,791     9.9    2,697     9.8    2,755     9.9    2,705     9.8    2,827    10.2
     Electricity, Gas and Water                 139     0.5      125     0.5      139     0.5      134     0.5      145     0.5
     Construction                             1,677     6.0    1,701     6.2    1,641     5.9    1,613     5.8    1,704     6.1
     Wholesale and Retail Trade               4,154    14.8    4,129    15.0    4,219    15.1    4,241    15.3    4,439    15.9
     Transportation, Storage and
       Communication                          1,768     6.3    1,750     6.4    1,769     6.3    1,821     6.6    1,859     6.7
     Financing, Insurance, Real
       Estate and Business
       Services                                 700     2.5      676     2.5      680     2.4      665     2.4      659     2.4
     Community, Social and
       Personal Services                      5,134    18.3    5,328    19.4    5,296    19.0    5,372    19.4    5,630    20.2
     Industry Not Adequately
       Defined                                    7     0.0        6     0.0        5     0.0        4     0.0        9     0.0

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Source: Labor Force Survey
        Income and Employment Statistics Division
        Household Statistics Department
        National Statistics Office
        Republic of the Philippines