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

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                                                  October 1999          January 2000         April 2000         July 2000          October 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)            27,762    100.0          28,895   100.0     28,293   100.0    28,178   100.0        27,775   100.0

     Agriculture, Fishery and  Forestry         10,503      37.8         11,415   39.5      10,559   37.3     10,568   37.5         10,401   37.4

     Industry                                    4,501      16.2          4,416   15.3       4,567   16.1      4,451   15.8          4,444   16.0
          Mining and Quarrying                      88       0.3            110    0.4         115    0.4        107    0.4            106    0.4
          Manufacturing                          2,796      10.1          2,700    9.3       2,746    9.7      2,708    9.6          2,792   10.1
          Electricity, Gas and Water               141       0.5            121    0.4         140    0.5        118    0.4            116    0.4
          Construction                           1,476       5.3          1,485    5.1       1,566    5.5      1,518    5.4          1,430    5.1

     Services                                   12,749      45.9         13,061   45.2      13,161   46.5     13,146   46.7         12,925   46.5
          Wholesale and Retail Trade             4,466      16.1          4,590   15.9       4,624   16.3      4,542   16.1          4,587   16.5
          Transportation, Storage and
            Communication                        1,968       7.1          1,991    6.9       1,988    7.0      2,035    7.2          2,024    7.3
          Financing, Insurance, Real
             Estate and Business
             Services                              712       2.6            729    2.5         730    2.6        714    2.5            678    2.4
          Community, Social and
             Personal Services                   5,603      20.2          5,751   19.9       5,819   20.6      5,855   20.8          5,636   20.3

     Industry Not Adequately
       Defined                                       9       0.0              2    0.0           5    0.0         12    0.0              4    0.0

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Note:  The October 1999 and October 2000 figures were estimated based on the 1995 Census-based Population Projection while figures for
       January, April and July 2000 were estimated based on the 1980 Census-based Population Projection.

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