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

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

     Total Employed (In thousands)      27,837    100.0 27,856    100.0  28,262  100.0   28,368  100.0   29,492  100.0

     Agriculture, Fishery and  Forestry 10,434     37.5 11,006     39.5  11,272   39.9   11,306   39.9   12,090   41.0
     Mining and Quarrying                  130      0.5    128      0.5     104    0.4      104    0.4      108    0.4
     Manufacturing                       2,827     10.2  2,646      9.5   2,687    9.5    2,681    9.5    2,784    9.4
     Electricity, Gas and Water            145      0.5    151      0.5     140    0.5      138    0.5      155    0.5
     Construction                        1,701      6.1  1,595      5.7   1,511    5.3    1,524    5.4    1,586    5.4
     Wholesale and Retail Trade          4,440     15.9  4,241     15.2   4,328   15.3    4,383   15.5    4,548   15.4
     Transportation, Storage and
       Communication                     1,859      6.7  1,831      6.6   1,885    6.7    1,927    6.8    1,903    6.5
     Financing, Insurance, Real
       Estate and Business
       Services                            659      2.4    671      2.4     695    2.5      723    2.5      702    2.4
     Community, Social and
       Personal Services                 5,632     20.2  5,584     20.0   5,631   19.9    5,579   19.7    5,604   19.0
     Industry Not Adequately
       Defined                               9      0.0      3      0.0      8      0.0      5      0.0      11    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