TABLE 3.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP: JANUARY 1998 TO JANUARY 1999
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                          January 1998     April 1998      July 1998      October 1998    January 1999
          MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP           Number Percent  Number Percent  Number Percent  Number Percent  Number Percent
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              PHILIPPINES

     Total Employed (In thousands)       27,689  100.0  27,837    100.0 27,856    100.0  28,262   100.0  28,368   100.0

     Agriculture, Fishery and  Forestry  11,020   39.8  10,434     37.5 11,006     39.5  11,272   39.9   11,306   39.9
     Mining and Quarrying                   116    0.4     130      0.5    128      0.5     104    0.4      104    0.4
     Manufacturing                        2,705    9.8   2,827     10.2  2,646      9.5   2,687    9.5    2,681    9.5
     Electricity, Gas and Water             134    0.5     145      0.5    151      0.5     140    0.5      138    0.5
     Construction                         1,614    5.8   1,701      6.1  1,595      5.7   1,511    5.3    1,524    5.4
     Wholesale and Retail Trade           4,237   15.3   4,440     15.9  4,241     15.2   4,328   15.3    4,383   15.5
     Transportation, Storage and
       Communication                      1,821    6.6   1,859      6.7  1,831      6.6   1,885    6.7    1,927    6.8
     Financing, Insurance, Real
       Estate and Business
       Services                             665    2.4     659      2.4    671      2.4     695    2.5      723    2.5
     Community, Social and
       Personal Services                  5,374   19.4   5,632     20.2  5,584     20.0   5,631   19.9    5,579   19.7
     Industry Not Adequately
       Defined                                4    0.0       9      0.0      3      0.0       8    0.0        5    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