TORONTO, Aug. 10 /EMWNews/ - Sino-Forest Corporation (TSX:

TRE and TRE.S) will host its second quarter 2008 earnings conference call

and live webcast on Tuesday, August 12 at 8:30 am EST.



    Sino-Forest will release its Q2 results on Tuesday August 12, 2008

prior to the conference call. A full copy of the company's earnings

release, financial statements and management's discussion and analysis will

be posted on its website under "Company Releases"

http://www.sinoforest.com/companyreleases.asp or filed with SEDAR at

http://www.sedar.com.






    The earnings release timing and conference call details are as follows:



                                North America

                             (Eastern Time Zone)          Asia (HK Time Zone)

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    Earnings release   (Tue) August 12 - before 7:00 am   (Tue) August 12

    and presentation                                      - before 7:00 pm

    file;



    Note: MD&A will

    subsequently be

    posted on our

    website once

    filed with SEDAR

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    Conference call    (Tue) August 12 - 8:30 am          (Tue) August 12 -

    time & dial in                                        8:30 pm

    details:

                       Dial-in #: 416-695-9761          Dial-in #:

                                    877-461-2816             +1-416-695-9761

                                    (toll free)

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    For webcast access and replay:

    For live webcast in a listen-only mode and replay, go to Sino-Forest's

website at http://www.sinoforest.com, under "Earnings Release", or go directly to

http://www.sinoforest.com/earningsreleases.asp.



    Alternatively, dial 416-695-5800, and enter passcode 3268312 followed

by the number sign for replay. Replay of the conference call will be

available for 30 days.



    Sino-Forest Corporation is a leading commercial forestry plantation

operator in China. The Canadian company started its operations in 1994 and

was of the first few foreign and privately managed operators involved in

forest products in China. Its principal businesses include the ownership

and management of forestry plantation trees and sales of standing timber,

wood logs, and complementary manufacturing of downstream engineered-wood

products. The Corporation's common shares have traded on the Toronto Stock

Exchange under the symbol TRE since 1995.