TABLE 4.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP: OCTOBER 1998 TO OCTOBER 1999
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                 Oct 1998            Jan 1999            Apr 1999            Jul 1999            Oct 1999
          MAJOR OCCUPATION 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

     Professional, Technical and
       Related Workers                        1,697       6.0     1,710       6.0     1,666       5.6     1,729       6.0     1,763       6.1
     Administrative, Executive
       and Managerial Workers                   570       2.0       582       2.1       602       2.0       597       2.1       662       2.3
     Clerical Workers                         1,271       4.5     1,267       4.5     1,303       4.4     1,300       4.5     1,295       4.5
     Sales Workers                            4,152      14.7     4,157      14.7     4,323      14.7     4,226      14.5     4,385      15.1
     Service Workers                          3,005      10.6     2,942      10.4     2,962      10.0     2,980      10.3     3,130      10.8
     Agricultural, Animal Husbandry
       and Forestry Workers,
       Fishermen and Hunters                 11,163      39.5    11,213      39.5    11,973      40.6    11,654      40.1    11,244      38.8
     Production and Related Workers,
       Transport Equipment Operators
       and Laborers                           6,366      22.5     6,459      22.8     6,630      22.5     6,530      22.5     6,493      22.4
     Occupation Not Adequately
       Defined                                  38        0.1        40       0.1        33       0.1        40       0.1        30       0.1

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Source:  Labor Force Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines