[Osem]

Confirmed, only 1 of the many restaurants have anything special arranged for NYE. The rest seem to be just hoping that they'll get some punters in. I reckon it's a combination of too much competition in a fairly small area coupled with a reaction to previous occasions when they've tried it on and found that they lost business as a result. Once people feel they've been ripped off with high prices and slow/poor service, they probably aren't keen to repeat the process. I'm sure it'll be different factors in different areas however.