KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 3 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has said he will decide on a new ministerial line-up "soon," as his administration grapples with four vacant Cabinet posts.

While stressing that he does not see the need for a wide-ranging reshuffle, the prime minister acknowledged in a statement today that the empty portfolios must be filled.

The Economy Ministry, the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Ministry, and the Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development Ministry are all currently without full-time ministers.

The vacancies grew when Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz's Senate term expired yesterday, leaving another opening at the crucial Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry.

Anwar previously do...