[zara90210]

The reason an engineering PROFESSIONAL's pay is so low compared to other professionals is 'cos there is an oversupply of engineers - from China, India, Philippines, Indonesia, etc - who are willing to accept less pay and thus causing a market distortion.

Unless, the finance industry is flooded with foreigners, pay should continue to be lucrative even for an "average" finance professional.

Finance is getting expensive to operate in Singapore with the high manpower cost. It's time to INJECT more foreigners in the system to cool this overheated sector before the companies move to cheaper locations.