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

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

     Total Employed (In thousands)      27,856   100.0   28,262   100.0   28,368   100.0   29,492   100.0   29,055   100.0

     Agriculture, Fishery and  Forestry 11,006    39.5   11,272    39.9   11,306    39.9   12,090    41.0   11,756    40.5
     Mining and Quarrying                  128     0.5      104     0.4      104     0.4      108     0.4       98     0.3
     Manufacturing                       2,646     9.5    2,687     9.5    2,681     9.5    2,784     9.4    2,742     9.4
     Electricity, Gas and Water            151     0.5      140     0.5      138     0.5      155     0.5      138     0.5
     Construction                        1,595     5.7    1,511     5.3    1,524     5.4    1,586     5.4    1,555     5.4
     Wholesale and Retail Trade          4,241    15.2    4,328    15.3    4,383    15.5    4,548    15.4    4,449    15.3
     Transportation, Storage and
       Communication                     1,831     6.6    1,885     6.7    1,927     6.8    1,903     6.5    1,931     6.6
     Financing, Insurance, Real
       Estate and Business
       Services                            671     2.4      695     2.5      723     2.5      702     2.4      739     2.5
     Community, Social and
       Personal Services                 5,584    20.0    5,631    19.9    5,579    19.7    5,604    19.0    5,642    19.4
     Industry Not Adequately
       Defined                               3     0.0        8     0.0        5     0.0       11     0.0        4     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