TABLE 4.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR OCCUPATION GROUP:  JULY 1999 TO JULY 2000
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                              Jul 1999            Oct 1999            Jan 2000            Apr 2000            Jul 2000
          MAJOR OCCUPATION 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

     Professional, Technical and
       Related Workers                     1,729       6.0     1,763          6.1     1,770       6.1     1,726       6.1     1,698       6.0
     Administrative, Executive
       and Managerial Workers                597       2.1       662          2.3       607       2.1       610       2.2       636       2.3
     Clerical Workers                      1,300       4.5     1,295          4.5     1,345       4.7     1,375       4.9     1,306       4.6
     Sales Workers                         4,226      14.5     4,385         15.1     4,340      15.0     4,361      15.4     4,299      15.3
     Service Workers                       2,980      10.3     3,130         10.8     2,985      10.3     3,032      10.7     3,042      10.8
     Agricultural, Animal Husbandry
       and Forestry Workers,
       Fishermen and Hunters              11,654      40.1    11,244         38.8    11,314      39.2    10,449      36.9    10,457      37.1
     Production and Related Workers,
       Transport Equipment Operators
       and Laborers                        6,530      22.5     6,493         22.4     6,497      22.5     6,689      23.6     6,709      23.8
     Occupation Not Adequately
       Defined                                40       0.1        30          0.1        38       0.1        58       0.2        31       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