Specialist doctors earn A LOT. Just in today's Business Times (weekend edition), the house of Dr CC Lau is featured. The Ear Nose Throat specialist's house at Holland Road is scarily HUGE, with a saltwater swimming pool to boot. You should see the pictures of its facade.
I heard oncologists, heart surgeons and paediatricians in private practice, among others, are also just as wealthy, if not wealthier.
That's why I say to smart kids - go be a doctor if you have the inclination, but aim high. Aim to be a specialist and plan to go into private practice.
As an aside, I find something that tickled me in the article:
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... Lau, who is a strong advocate for alternative sources of energy. He adds, "We shouldn't be killing the Earth and should build more houses with this in mind. We try not to use air-conditioning, and we have stopped using hot water for bathing unless it is a cold and rainy day - it saves a lot of energy. If everybody in Singapore would stop using hot water to bathe on hot days, think of the amount of energy we could save."
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Call me sarcastic or rich-envy or whatever, but I always think: wouldn't it be better if these rich people stop being such pretentious hypocrites. We all know THEY are the energy guzzlers. One less bungalow and one less lambo would probably provide for hot water showers and air-conditioning in an entire
HDB block.
Ok, I'm exaggerating, but Lau reminds me of Al Gore, who is the other funnyman who produced a save-the-earth docu-movie but privately owns a gigantic energy-sapping mansion that consumes 20 times more electricity than the average American. See
Al Gore, Hypocrite? (read beyond the urban legend part)