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

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

       Total Employed (In thousands)         29,055     100.0    29,003     100.0     28,895    100.0     28,301    100.0     28,178    100.0

     Agriculture, Fishery and  Forestry      11,756      40.5    11,342      39.1     11,415     39.5     10,558     37.3     10,568     37.5
     Industry                                 4,533      15.6     4,518      15.6      4,416     15.3      4,571     16.2      4,451     15.8
          Mining and Quarrying                   98       0.3        89       0.3        110      0.4        115      0.4        107      0.4
          Manufacturing                       2,742       9.4     2,778       9.6      2,700      9.3      2,746      9.7      2,708      9.6
          Electricity, Gas and Water            138       0.5       145       0.5        121      0.4        140      0.5        118      0.4
          Construction                        1,555       5.4     1,506       5.2      1,485      5.1      1,570      5.5      1,518      5.4
     Services                                12,761      43.9    13,133      45.3     13,061     45.2     13,167     46.5     13,146     46.7
          Wholesale and Retail Trade          4,449      15.3     4,619      15.9      4,590     15.9      4,633     16.4      4,542     16.1
          Transportation, Storage and
            Communication                     1,931       6.6     2,009       6.9      1,991      6.9      1,986      7.0      2,035      7.2
          Financing, Insurance, Real
             Estate and Business
             Services                           739       2.5       716       2.5        729      2.5        731      2.6        714      2.5
          Community, Social and
             Personal Services                5,642      19.4     5,789      20.0      5,751     19.9      5,817     20.6      5,855     20.8
     Industry Not Adequately
       Defined                                    4       0.0         7       0.0          2      0.0          5      0.0         12      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