PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong will wait until early next year to get a better sense of the economy before deciding when he should step down.
Elaborating on his National Day Rally announcement that deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong would succeed him, he told the Financial Times: I must see the economic recovery come about first before I decide.''
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