[hanniabu]

I'm sure they were think a few of the following

- this is more economical

- better them than us, let this small island deal with it

- nobody will ever find out about this (read as not enough people will find out for it to matter) and even if they do then we don't really need to deal with much of a consequence because it's a small island, what are they early going to do about it

- let's evacuate everyone off the island, throw some cheap concrete dome on it, and by the time it starts failing the world will have forgotten about this