FILE PHOTO: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attends a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (not pictured) at The Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 19, 2017. REUTERS/Lintao Zhang/Pool/File Photo *** Local Caption *** Lee Hsien Loong
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he was ready to step down in a couple of years time and his successor is likely already in the cabinet but a clear choice has yet to emerge
In an interview with CNBC released on Friday, Lee, 65, the son of Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew, said a new election could be called any time before 2021, when the current five-year parliamentary term ends.
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