Around half a million revelers were expected to crowd Hong Kong's harborfront to watch 9,000 fireworks set off from the tops of 10 city skyscrapers in a formation resembling a dragon and thousands were expected to gather at Indonesia's national monument in the capital, Jakarta, for a fireworks show. But in Thailand, police have banned fireworks and pyrotechnic displays after a New Year's Eve blaze in Bangkok a year ago killed 65 revelers. __