Appendix A List of Figures : Figure 1(a): Daily mean temperature from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 1(b): Daily mean relative humidity from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 2(a): Daily mean of nitrogen dioxide (24-hr average) from 01/01/1995 to 30/6/1998 (average of seven monitoring stations) Figure 2(b): Daily mean of sulphur dioxide (24-hr average) from 01/01/1995 to 30/6/1998 (average of six monitoring stations) Figure 2(c): Daily mean of RSP (24-hr average) from 01/01/1995 to 30/6/1998 (average of five monitoring stations) Figure 2(d): Daily mean of ozone (8-hr average) from 01/01/1995 to 30/6/1998 (average of two monitoring stations) Figure 2(e): Daily mean of FSP (24-hr average) from 01/01/1995 to 30/6/1998 (from Tsuen Wan monitoring stations) Figure 3(a): Daily hospital admissions due to respiratory diseases for all ages from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 3(a1): Daily hospital admissions due to respiratory diseases for < 15 years age from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 3(a2): Daily hospital admissions due to respiratory diseases for 15-64 age from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 3(a3): Daily hospital admissions due to respiratory diseases for 65-74 age from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 3(a4): Daily hospital admissions due to respiratory diseases for 75+ age from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 3(b): Daily hospital admissions due to COPD excluding asthma for all ages from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 3(c1): Daily hospital admissions due to asthma for all ages from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 3(c2): Daily hospital admissions due to asthma for < 15 years age from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 3(c3): Daily hospital admissions due to asthma for 15-64 age from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 3(d): Daily hospital admissions due to cardiac disease for all ages from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 3(d2): Daily hospital admissions due to cardiac disease for 15-64 age from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 3(d3): Daily hospital admissions due to cardiac disease for 64-75 age from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 3(d4): Daily hospital admissions due to cardiac disease for 75+ age from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 3(e): Daily hospital admissions due to IHD for all ages from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 3(e2): Daily hospital admissions due to IHD for 15-64 years age from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 3(e3): Daily hospital admissions due to IHD for 65-74 years age from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 3(e4): Daily hospital admissions due to IHD for 75+ years age from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 4(a): Daily hospital deaths due to respiratory diseases for all ages from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 4(b): Daily hospital deaths due to circulatory diseases for all ages from 01/01/1995 to 30/06/1998 Figure 5(a): Diagnostic plots of core model of hospital admissions due to respiratory diseases for all ages in 1995-97 Figure 5(a1): Diagnostic plots of core model of hospital admissions due to respiratory disease for 0-14 years age in 995-97 Figure 5(a2): Diagnostic plots of core model of hospital admissions due to respiratory disease for 15-64 years age in 1995-97 Figure 5(a3): Diagnostic plots of core model of hospital admissions due to respiratory disease for 65-74 years age in 1995-97 Figure 5(a4): Diagnostic plots of core model of hospital admissions due to respiratory disease for 75+ years age in 1995-97 Figure 5(b): Diagnostic plots of core model of hospital admissions due to COPD excluding asthma for all ages in 1995-97 Figure 5(c): Diagnostic plots of core model of hospital admissions due to asthma for all ages in 1995-97 Figure 5(c1): Diagnostic plots of core model of hospital admissions due to asthma for 0-14 years age in 1995-97 Figure 5(c2): Diagnostic plots of core model of hospital admissions due to asthma for 15-64 years age in 1995-97 Figure 5(d): Diagnostic plots of core model of hospital admissions due to cardiac diseases for all ages in 1995-97 Figure 5(d2): Diagnostic plots of core model of hospital admissions due to cardiac diseases for 15-64 years age in 1995-97 Figure 5(d3): Diagnostic plots of core model of hospital admissions due to cardiac diseases for 65-74 years age in 1995-97 Figure 5(d4): Diagnostic plots of core model of hospital admissions due to cardiac diseases for 75+ years age in 1995-97 Figure 5(e): Diagnostic plots of core model of hospital admissions due to IHD for all ages in 1995-97 Figure 5(e2): Diagnostic plots of core model of hospital admissions due to IHD for 15-64 years age in 1995-97 Figure 5(e3): Diagnostic plots of core model of hospital admissions due to IHD for 65-74 years age in 1995-97 Figure 5(e4): Diagnostic plots of core model of hospital admissions due to IHD for 75+ years age in 1995-97 Figure 6(a): Diagnostic plots of core model of hospital deaths due to respiratory diseases for all ages in 1995-97 Figure 6(b): Diagnostic plots of core model of hospital deaths due to cardiovascular diseases for all ages in 1995-97 Figure 7(a): Daily number of hospital admissions due to respiratory disease for all ages as observed in 1998 in comparison to the numbers predicted by 1995-97 models Figure 7(b): Daily number of hospital admissions due to COPD excluding asthma for all ages as observed in 1998 in comparison to the numbers predicted by 1995-97 models Figure 7(c): Daily number of hospital admissions due to asthma for all ages as observed in 1998 in comparison to the numbers predicted by 1995-97 models Figure 7(d): Daily number of hospital admissions due to cardiac diseases for all ages as observed in 1998 in comparison to the numbers predicted by 1995-97 models Figure 7(e): Daily number of hospital admissions due to IHD for all ages as observed in 1998 in comparison to the numbers predicted by 1995-97 models Figure 8(a): Daily number of hospital deaths due to respiratory diseases for all ages as observed in 1998 in comparison to the number predicted by 1995-97 models Figure 8(b): Daily number of hospital deaths due to cardiovascular diseases for all ages as observed in 1998 in comparison to the number predicted by 1995-97 models