var app = angular.module('plunker', []);

app.controller('MainCtrl', function($scope, $compile) {
  
});

app.directive('pageContents', function($compile){
  return {
    link: function(scope, element, attrs){
      var html = '<a href="http://localhost/about-us/">About Us</a> <a href="http://localhost/contact/">Contact</a>';
  
      var matches = html.match(/href="(.+?)"/g);
      
      matches.forEach(function(href){
        var url = href.match(/href="(.+?)"/)[1]
        
        html = html.replace(href, 'ng-click="loadPage(\''+url+'\')"')
      });
      
      var pageEl = $compile(html)(scope);
      element.append(pageEl);
      
      scope.loadPage = function(url){
        scope.clicked = 'clicked ' +url;
      };
    }
  };
});
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="plunker">

  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <title>AngularJS Plunker</title>
    <script>document.write('<base href="' + document.location + '" />');</script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <script data-require="angular.js@1.0.x" src="http://code.angularjs.org/1.0.7/angular.min.js" data-semver="1.0.7"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
  </head>

  <body ng-controller="MainCtrl">
    <div page-contents></div>
    <p>{{clicked}}</p>
  </body>

</html>
/* Put your css in here */