Singapore PM Goh resigns

Goh, 63, will remain in the cabinet with the tile senior minister when the new government is sworn in on Thursday, continuing a tradition started by his predecessor Lee Kuan Yew, the father of the incoming leader.

The elder Lee, 81 next month, will also stay in his 52-year-old son's government but his exact role was to be announced later Tuesday as part of the entire cabinet list.

In Singapore's political system, the senior minister does not hold a traditional portfolio running a ministry, but is second only to the prime minister in protocol, outranking the two deputy prime ministers.

He is regarded as the most influential adviser to the prime minister as well as a roving representative of Singapore, a role that would suit Goh, who has said he wants to concentrate on foreign affairs after stepping down.