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HTML

<select>
    <option value="An <b>innocent</b> string">Innocent String 1</option>
  <option value="Another <b>innocent</b> string">Innocent String 2</option>
    <option value="Yet another <b>innocent</b> string">Innocent String 3</option>
    <option value="<script>alert(1)</script>">Not So Innocent String</option>
</select>

<div></div>

JavaScript

addString();
$("select").change(addString);

function addString() {
    var displ=$("select").val()+"<br/>";
	$("div").append(displ);
}