▁lives ▁and ▁forced ▁about ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁hast ily ▁leave ▁Hong ▁Kong . ▁John ▁Douglas ▁Ste ward , ▁who ▁was ▁man aging ▁the ▁castle ▁after ▁his ▁father ▁John ▁Ste ward ▁Lap ra ik ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 3 , ▁had ▁no ▁option , ▁but ▁to ▁sell ▁the ▁castle ▁to ▁the ▁French ▁Mission , ▁who ▁were ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁who ▁remained ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong . ▁The ▁building ▁soon ▁turned ▁into ▁a ▁monaster y ▁and ▁got ▁renamed , ▁Naz are th . ▁After ▁the ▁pl agues ▁were ▁sat ▁out , ▁Naz are th ▁went ▁through ▁a ▁major ▁renov ation ▁under ▁the ▁leadership ▁of ▁Father ▁Mon nier , ▁who ▁en larg ed ▁the ▁building ▁with ▁a ▁printing ▁house ▁that ▁operated ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁bus iest ▁b ible ▁printing ▁and ▁translation ▁facilities ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁in ▁Asia . ▁ ▁During ▁World ▁War ▁I , ▁Naz are th ▁was ▁used ▁as ▁the ▁training ▁base ▁of ▁Royal ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁Regiment ▁( The ▁Vol unte ers ). ▁During ▁the ▁Japanese ▁occupation ▁of ▁Hong ▁Kong , ▁Douglas ▁Castle ▁was ▁conf isc ated ▁by ▁the ▁Japanese ▁army ▁and ▁used ▁as ▁the ▁headquarters ▁of ▁k em pe it ai ▁and ▁residence ▁for ▁workers ▁of ▁the ▁Japanese ▁dock ▁in ▁Aber de en . ▁After ▁Second ▁World ▁War ▁came ▁to ▁an ▁end ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁the ▁castle ▁was ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁French ▁Mission ▁and ▁the ▁printing ▁press ▁res umed ▁operations ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 8 . ▁ ▁However , ▁with ▁the ▁establishment