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

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

       Total Employed (In thousands)            28,262     100.0    28,368     100.0    29,492     100.0    29,055     100.0    29,003    100.0

     Agriculture, Fishery and  Forestry         11,272     39.9     11,306     39.9     12,090     41.0     11,756      40.5    11,342     39.1
     Mining and Quarrying                          104      0.4        104      0.4        108      0.4         98       0.3        89      0.3
     Manufacturing                               2,687      9.5      2,681      9.5      2,784      9.4      2,742       9.4     2,778      9.6
     Electricity, Gas and Water                    140      0.5        138      0.5        155      0.5        138       0.5       145      0.5
     Construction                                1,511      5.3      1,524      5.4      1,586      5.4      1,555       5.4     1,506      5.2
     Wholesale and Retail Trade                  4,328     15.3      4,383     15.5      4,548     15.4      4,449      15.3     4,619     15.9
     Transportation, Storage and Communication   1,885      6.7      1,927      6.8      1,903      6.5      1,931       6.6     2,009      6.9
     Financing, Insurance, Real
       Estate and Business Services                695      2.5        723      2.5        702      2.4        739       2.5       716      2.5
     Community, Social and Personal Services     5,631     19.9      5,579     19.7      5,604     19.0      5,642      19.4     5,789     20.0
     Industry Not Adequately Defined                 8      0.0          5      0.0         11      0.0          4       0.0        10      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