Tan Sri Andrew Sheng was invited by TEDxPetalingStreet to talk about “Ternary Thinking: How do Malaysian Chinese Cope With the Current Crisis?” (in Chinese) on 22.10.2022.

丹斯里沈联涛 Tan Sri Andrew Sheng 讲题: 三元思维：大马华裔如何应对眼前危机？
Title: Ternary Thinking: How do Malaysian Chinese Cope With the Current Crisis?

世界与国内局势的乱象置马来西亚于危机当中。面对危机，丹斯里沈联涛认为我们应用三元思维来分析自身的优势与问题。 从天时，地利，人合，三个角度出发，他表示，大马处在的东亚和东盟地区正是现今全球经济增长最快的区域；得天独厚的大马也有着丰富的天然资源；语言与文化丰富的大马人也对占据国外市场有很大优势。 但是，现况下许多大马年轻人却缺乏了对国家、种族和自己的信任，即我们缺了三元中的 “人合”。因此他强调，要克服危机，我们需要“信” 和“志”。大马年轻人必须给予自己和他人应有的信任 (信），再把强烈的意愿化为行动 （志），勇敢创业来创造价值，才有能力创造更优越的天时，地利和人合。

The chaos that is happening globally and locally has placed Malaysia in a crisis. In view of this, Tan Sri Andrew Sheng believes that we should use the three-valued logic thinking to analyze our own strengths and problems. From the perspective of timing, geography and people, East Asia and ASEAN region - where Malaysia is located - is currently the area with the fastest economic growth globally. Malaysia is blessed with abundant natural resources, and our multilingual ability plus cultural diversity also give us a great advantage in foreign markets. However, many young Malaysians today lack trust towards the country, the race, and themselves; i.e., we are short on the “people” aspect of the three factors. Hence, he emphasized that we need to have “faith” and “will” to overcome the crisis. Young Malaysians must allow themselves and their peers to have the trust they deserve, and convert that strong will into action. By being brave to take risks, be entrepreneurial and create value, only can we have the ability to advantageously align the three major factors - timing, geography, and people - in our favour.