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

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

     Total Employed (In thousands)         27,888     100.0     27,689     100.0    27,837     100.0    27,856     100.0    28,262     100.0

     Agriculture, Fishery and  Forestry    11,260      40.4     11,020      39.8    10,434      37.5    11,006      39.5    11,272      39.9
     Mining and Quarrying                     124       0.4        116       0.4       130       0.5       128       0.5       104       0.4
     Manufacturing                          2,755       9.9      2,705       9.8     2,827      10.2     2,646       9.5     2,687       9.5
     Electricity, Gas and Water               139       0.5        134       0.5       145       0.5       151       0.5       140       0.5
     Construction                           1,641       5.9      1,614       5.8     1,701       6.1     1,595       5.7     1,511       5.3
     Wholesale and Retail Trade             4,219      15.1      4,237      15.3     4,440      15.9     4,241      15.2     4,328      15.3
     Transportation, Storage and
       Communication                        1,769       6.3      1,821       6.6     1,859       6.7     1,831       6.6     1,885       6.7
     Financing, Insurance, Real
       Estate and Business
       Services                               680       2.4        665       2.4       659       2.4       671       2.4       695       2.5
     Community, Social and
       Personal Services                    5,296      19.0      5,374      19.4     5,632      20.2     5,584      20.0     5,631      19.9
     Industry Not Adequately
       Defined                                  5       0.0          4       0.0         9       0.0         3       0.0         8       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