Macao’s music group brings local culture to wider audiences

A staff member adjusts costumes for Hyper Lo (L) in Macao, south China, Dec. 9, 2024. MFM, a music group formed in 2012 by Hyper Lo, Josie Ho, and AJ, adopted its current name in 2017. The name draws inspiration from the code for Macao International Airport “MFM,” and also stands for “Music from Macao.” According to Hyper Lo, the group aims to bring Macao’s music to more places, much like a plane departing from an airport.

In 2014, MFM released their first original song. Over the past decade, the group has performed in the mainland and Hong Kong, and brought Macao’s culture to wider audiences through their music.

Hyper Lo believes that Macao’s development since its return to the motherland has created more opportunities for musicians. “The support from both the central government and the SAR’s government has allowed us to step onto bigger stages.” (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

MFM members rehearse a dance at a studio in Macao, south China, Dec. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

Hyper Lo (front), Josie Ho (L) and AJ pose for a group photo at their studio in Macao, south China, Dec. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

Hyper Lo (L) takes photos for a singer before the performance in Macao, south China, Dec. 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

Hyper Lo sings during an event in Macao, south China, Dec. 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

Hyper Lo, Josie Ho and AJ (L to R) perform during an event in Macao, south China, Dec. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

MFM members rehearse a dance at a studio in Macao, south China, Dec. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

Hyper Lo (front) performs during an event in Macao, south China, Dec. 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

Hyper Lo (R) takes photos for a singer before the performance in Macao, south China, Dec. 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

Hyper Lo, Josie Ho and AJ (front, R to L) perform during a countdown gala in Macao, south China, Dec. 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

Hyper Lo (R) and Josie Ho (L) talk with dance teachers in Macao, south China, Dec. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

Hyper Lo (L), Josie Ho (R) and AJ talk with each other at a studio in Macao, south China, Dec. 4, 2024.

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…