Spa at Taal Lake?

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Have you read the news lately? A Korean firm is planning, actually, starting the construction already of a Spa near or almost at the crater of the Taal Lake at Tagaytay. A brief background. Tagaytay, which is just 70km south of Manila, perches a 600-meter high overlooking Taal Volcano, and because of its cool climate - on some days it even gets foggy - is a popular weekend retreat from the heat nearby capital. Taal Volcano is one of the Active Volcanoes here in the Philippines, and there are occasional rumblings that force the authorities to issue evacuation warnings to the local inhabitants. The volcano last erupted in 1965 without causing much damage, but when it blew its top in 1974, thousands died and the town of Taal was destroyed and had to moved to a new location on safer ground. Now, back at the Spa news.. Based on the recent news, A Korean company is set to build a spa resort on Taal Volcano and as of this time, it has managed to enter into an agreement with the local authorities and at DENR. In spite of warnings from the Philvocs that the whole island is in fact considered a danger zone. Alert levels has been raised since 2005. The Philvocs Director confirmed that the agency has been objecting to the construction. But it seems that the Korean company still want to build the spa along the pathway that leads up to the main wall of the volcano's crater. A lot have died when it erupted and are they trying to ignore it or they really dont know that Taal Volcano is one of the most active and dangerous volcano in the world? Do they really want to build a spa there? The hotsprings are nice, but would you risk your life to have a spa near an active crater that you wouldnt know when will it explode??? Links for recent news... http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryID=81845 http://www.malaya.com.ph/jun23/metro1.htm