(1) Whether he has been informed that (a) only locally recruited marketing officers and not departmentally appointed trade representatives are stationed in (i) Bangkok and (ii) Singapore and (b) neither marketing officers nor trade representatives are currently stationed at (i) Jakarta and (ii) Kuala Lumpur; if not, (2) whether he intends to investigate the matter; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) what are the reasons for not appointing adequately trained (a) marketing officers and (b) trade representatives at missions within (i) the Southeast Asian economic bloc and (ii) other missions globally; (4) whether he intends taking any corrective steps to rectify the shortages of adequately trained (a) marketing officers and (b) trade representatives at missions within (i) the Southeast Asian economic bloc and (ii) other missions globally; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (5) whether he has found that his department is doing enough to assist in the facilitation of trade with the Southeast Asian economic bloc; if not, how was this conclusion reached; if so, what are the relevant details?