TORONTO, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Sino-Forest Corporation (TSX:TRE), a leading commercial forest plantation operator in China, is pleased to announce the appointment of William E. Ardell to its Board of Directors.

"Bill is an experienced corporate executive who has held senior executive positions in large public companies and has served on the Board of Directors and on Board committees of other public, private and not for profit corporations. We are very pleased to have Bill join our Board and look forward to his advice and counsel based on his past Chief Executive Officer and senior independent director knowledge and experience," said Allen Chan, Chairman and CEO of Sino-Forest Corporation.

Mr. Ardell began his career with the Touche group in Montreal and replica hublot watches subsequently moved to the private sector where he gained increasingly senior executive roles in the commercial printing, retail and media industries. In his last role, Mr. Ardell was President & CEO and a director of Southam Inc. Subsequent to his departure from Southam Inc. he has sat on a number of public and private sector boards as well as not for profit organizations, serving in varying capacities as Chairman, Senior Director and Director and as the Chair and/or member of many board committees. During his career, Mr. Ardell has had experience in capital markets, acquisitions and divestures as well as strategic planning and implementation. He has a commerce degree from Sir George Williams University and is a Harvard Advanced Management Program graduate.

About Sino-Forest Corporation

Sino-Forest Corporation is a leading replica breitling watches commercial forest plantation operator in China. Its principal businesses include the ownership and management of forest plantation trees, the sale of standing timber and wood logs, and the complementary manufacturing of downstream engineered-wood products. The Company's common shares have traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol TRE since 1995.

SOURCE Sino-Forest Corporation

Sino-Kazak pipeline transports 20 mln tons of oil to China

URUMQI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Sino-Kazak Pipeline has replica hublot watches piped more than 20 million tonnes of crude oil from Kazakhstan to China since it became operational in 2006, according to the regional government of Xinjiang.

Last year, the pipeline carried 7.73 million tonnes of crude oil into China, up 26 percent year-on-year, the inspection and quarantine bureau in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region said in a press release Monday.

The volume makes up about 4 percent of the country's crude imports, which is estimated at around 204 million tonnes last year.

The Sino-Kazak pipeline runs 2,798 kilometers from Atasu in Kazakhstan to the country's largest oil refinery plant in Dushanzi, in links of london charms Xinjiang, via the Alataw Pass.

It was jointly developed by the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and the Kazakh state energy company, Kazmunaigaz, and is designed to transport 20 million tonnes a year.

It has linked China with the oil fields of the Caspian Sea and helped ease China's reliance on the Strait of Malacca, a traditional route for 80 percent of the country's imported oil.

Last year, China's reliance on foreign oil for the first time topped 50 percent.

COLUMN: COLLEGE ROUNDUP

Women's Basketball

Worcester State 64, Salem State 62: Former Quaboag Regional standout Reilly O'Keefe had 18 points to lead the Lancers (15-12) past the Vikings (18-8) in a MASCAC semifinal at Bridgewater State.

Worcester State will face MCLA at 4 p.m. today for the championship and an automatic berth into the NCAA Division 3 Tournament.

Kaleigh Charette had 13 points and former Holy Name star Alexis George had 12 points for the Lancers, who outrebounded Salem State, 41-38.

Former Marlboro High standout Danielle Jenkins had 8 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks for the Vikings, who committed 17 turnovers, which led to 18 Worcester State points.

MEN'S HOCKEY

Holy Cross 4, Bentley 1: Rob Forshner broke a 1-1 tie with 1:39 left in the second period, and Brodie Sheahan and Jordan Cyr added insurance goals in the third as the Crusaders (11-17-5, 10-13-4 Atlantic Hockey) prevailed at the Hart Center.

HC leads the season series, 3-0.

Sheahan scored 6:55 into the game, giving replica breitling watches Holy Cross a 1-0 lead, but Joe Campanelli tied the game at 10:26 for the Falcons (12-18-3, 10-15-2).

Ian Dams had 19 saves for the Crusaders.

Holy Cross is in seventh place in the Atlantic Hockey with 24 points, just one point behind Army. The Crusaders can be either the sixth or the seventh seed in the Atlantic Hockey Tournament as Holy Cross holds the tiebreaker over eighth-place Bentley, while Army holds the tiebreaker over the Crusaders.

The Crusaders will be the sixth seed with a road win over Bentley tonight (7 p.m.) and an Army loss to AIC. The first six teams in the standings earn a bye into the AHA Tournament quarterfinals.

LAMONT Marshall brought a touch of glamour to the final 5k race in the Bridge Inn Winter Series.

The Bermudan 5K champion, and a 14-minute 5k performer, won Thursday night's race, finishing in 15mins 06secs and 26 seconds clear of Bristol & West's Harry Webb, with Team Bath's Allister Sheffield third.

Phil Parry was first veteran after finishing seventh overall, just ahead of the Halliwell brothers Gregg and Brett.

Westbury Harriers' Debbie Marsden dipped under 18 minutes with victory in 17:50, just 10 seconds outside her winning time last month. It also left Marsden 24 seconds clear of clubmate Emma D'Alton. Bridge Inn 5k - men: 1 Lamont Marshall (unatt) 15:06; 2 Harry Webb (B&W) 15:32; 3 Allistere Sheffield (TBAC) 15:48; 4 Tom Fewster (GWR) 15;49; 5 Ben Morley (GWR) 15:51; 6 Matt Crane (B&W) 15:55; 7 Phil Parry (B&W, M45) 16:06; 8 Gregg Halliwell (WH, U20) 16:07; 9 Brett Haliwell (WH, U20) 16:11; 10 Doug Hall (Votwo) 16:53; 11 Mike Blackmore (BRR) 17:12; 12 Jack Grundy (AFD) 17:14; 13 Martyn Green (TRC) 17:23; 14 James Bird (B&W) 17:25; 15 John Terry (WH) 17:26.

M40: 1 Mark Searle (BRR) 17:37; 2 Martin Stalley (BRR) 17:56; 3 Malcolm White (WH) 18:12.

M50: Jon Goodland (B&W) Thomas sabo charms 18:13. M55: Dave Wintle (GWR) 18:50. M60: Tony Jefferies (WH) 20;28.

Women: 1 Debbie Marsden (WH) 17:50; 2 Emma D'Alton (WH) 18:14; 3 Grace Crane (B&W) 19:28; 4 Chloe Felton (UWE) 19:40. W35: Aileen Brown (GWR) 20:16. W45: Sally Curnow (BRR) 22:09. 101 finishers.

. Bitton Road Runners' Matt Langdon completed the Seville Marathon, in Spain, in a time of 2hrs 49mins 42secs, while club chairman Ron Shannon was 22nd in the London Ultra 50K in 4:27:59 and Helen Hinsley clocked 90mins 16secs in the Wokingham half.

. Westbury Harriers' Gregg Ward finished 16th (58mins 42secs) in the Pontypridd Reverse 10-mile road race. Bitton Road Runners' top man was Wayne Ellis in 27th (60:23).. Stefan Brittain, of Hogweed Trotters, was the club's top man in the Hestercombe Humdinger 9.5- mile road race, near Taunton, which he completed in 65mins 35secs ahead of Lee Masters (68:14).

. Coach Keith Brackstone believes British international Claire Hallissey will be in peak shape for the Saucony English Cross Country Championships in Leeds today.

The 26-year-old Bristol & West AC runner had the luxury of a weekend off to fine-tune her preparations for the National and get herself physically and mentally in shape to challenge for a top 10 finish.

Brackstone said: "She has been improving with every cross country race and I think the free weekend will have done her good."

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