Problem with microsoft templating plugin

Problem with microsoft templating plugin

    1. <

      body>

      <script type="text/javascript">

      var dataObject = {

      firstName:

      "<b>John</b>"

      };
    2. jQuery(function () {

      // A template string

      var tmpl = '<li><a href="${url}">${this.data.firstName}</a></li>';

      // Renders one LI, filled with data, then appends it into the UL

      $.tmpl(tmpl, dataObject)

      .appendTo(

      "ul");

      });

      </

      script>

      <ul>

      </ul>

      </

      body>


The output is

I would like to convert it to John how would i do this?