TABLE 3.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP: JANUARY 1999 TO JANUARY 2000
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                      January 1999        April 1999          July 1999           October 1999        January 2000
         MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP       Number              Number              Number              Number              Number
                                    ('000)   Percent    ('000)   Percent    ('000)   Percent    ('000)   Percent    ('000)   Percent
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             PHILIPPINES

           Total Employed           28,368    100.0     29,492    100.0     29,055    100.0     29,003    100.0     28,895     100.0

Agriculture, Fishery and  Forestry  11,306     39.9     12,090     41.0     11,756     40.5     11,342     39.1     11,415      39.5
Industry                             4,447     15.7      4,633     15.7      4,533     15.6      4,518     15.6      4,416      15.3
     Mining and Quarrying              104      0.4        108      0.4         98      0.3         89      0.3        110       0.4
     Manufacturing                   2,681      9.5      2,784      9.4      2,742      9.4      2,778      9.6      2,700       9.3
     Electricity, Gas and Water        138      0.5        155      0.5        138      0.5        145      0.5        121       0.4
     Construction                    1,524      5.4      1,586      5.4      1,555      5.4      1,506      5.2      1,485       5.1
Services                            12,612     44.5     12,757     43.3     12,761     43.9     13,133     45.3     13,061      45.2
     Wholesale and Retail Trade      4,383     15.5      4,548     15.4      4,449     15.3      4,619     15.9      4,590      15.9
     Transportation, Storage and
       Communication                 1,927      6.8      1,903      6.5      1,931      6.6      2,009      6.9      1,991       6.9
     Financing, Insurance, Real
       Estate and Business
       Services                        723      2.5        702      2.4        739      2.5        716      2.5        729       2.5
     Community, Social and
       Personal Services             5,579     19.7      5,604     19.0      5,642     19.4      5,789     20.0      5,751      19.9
Industry Not Adequately Defined          5      0.0         11      0.0          4      0.0          7      0.0          2       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