Project Finance or ECM plus relocation?

Hi, first of all, thanks for clicking this post. I have a choice to go either ECM or Project Finance from two international banks. ECM bank has a much stronger branding and is international known but the problem is the location is in Hong Kong but I stay in Southeast Asia where there isn't much ECM activities. Project Finance bank is strong in project finance but pay is much lower despite the fact that there is no need for me to relocate. I have just graduated and currently I feel that project finance work is more interesting at least at junior level given the modelling required. However, it seems like exit opp for both tracks are very bad so I'm quite torn apart on which one to choose. I'm also slightly concerned about relocating back to my home city after a few years if I decide to move to Hong Kong given the lack of ECM activities in my own area so I'm not very sure if it is actually possible to do that although I like my team in Hong Kong a lot - people are really friendly and nice.

I would really appreciate any advice given here. Really appreciate it!

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