KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 -- Cabinet ministers are ready to accept any orders on salary cuts, Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil said. 

He said the matter was discussed, however it depends on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's call. 

"I'm ready to accept any orders from the Prime Minister.

"Minister salaries from day one saw cuts, so I'm ready to accepts any orders," Fahmi told reporters when met at a health campaign organised by Universiti Malaya here today. 

He was responding to the prime minister's statement on the matter that was raised yesterday after Friday prayers.

Yesterday, Anwar signalled a possibility in docking the salary of ministers if Malaysia's economy deteriorates amid the global ...