PM Goh sees Lee at helm by 2002

PM Goh sees Lee at helm by 2002

SINGAPORE (Reuters): Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said he
would lead Singapore through the city-state's next election, but
sees Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong becoming his successor
after 2002.

When asked if he would step down after the next election, due
by 2002, but before the following election, Goh said: "I would
not disagree."

Goh, 58, prime minister since succeeding founding father Lee
Kuan Yew in 1990, has faced two elections as the country's top
executive.

Lee Kuan Yew, who governed the country from 1959, is now
Singapore's senior minister. Lee Hsien Loong, 47, the eldest son
of Lee Kuan Yew, has widely been seen as Goh's likely successor.