Singapore didn't back down on Ceca terms despite India's demands, says DPM Heng who was pact's chief negotiator

SINGAPORE — In ironing out a free trade agreement with India, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, who was Singapore's chief negotiator at the time before he joined politics, recounted that he did not give in to the tough and “most intriguing” demands made by the other country in order to secure Singapore’s end of the bargain.