Text Format ALL GONE ??!!

[email protected] ("Samura1") Mon, 5 Aug 2002 23:34:49 +0930

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Dear all, I need all your help...

I have a variable $text contains a paragraph and dot points. Here is an
example
==========
Hello,
Yes I am a GUY.
Why not?
       -  ABC
       -  DEF
==========

But the browser will only display something like:
==========================
Hello,Yes I am a GUY.Why not?
==========================

I know it is caused by the <p> <br>...etc. But how to insert this tags into
the paragraph?
Please help~