stopping html encoding in asp.net for link href attribute

[Arjang Assadi]

I have two identical lines:
1)
<link href='<%=
ResolveClientUrl("~/jquery/css/smoothness/jquery-ui-1.8.4.custom.css")
%>' rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
2)
<script src='<%= ResolveClientUrl("~/jquery/js/jquery-1.4.2.min.js")
%>' type="text/javascript"></script>

they rendered as :
1)
<link src="&lt;%=
ResolveClientUrl(&quot;~/jquery/css/smoothness/jquery-ui-1.8.4.custom.css&quot;)
%>" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /></link>
2)
    <script src='../jquery/js/jquery-1.4.2.min.js'
type="text/javascript"></script>

My only comclusion is that the first line is being htmlencoded ! is
that correct? and if yes, then how can it be stopped ?

Regards

Arjang