Umno supreme council member Syed Hamid Albar said today that he has not thought about contesting a vice-president's post in next year's party elections.

Syed Hamid, who is also foreign minister, said the focus was to strengthen Umno and prepare for the coming general election which should be held before November 2004.

"I have no time to think about it (contesting). The time is not right. When it's time, I will decide," he told Bernama after opening a youth leadership course at Wisma Belia in Kuala Lumpur.