who is ur ketua perkhidmatan? if MOH is taking you in straight without u going thru SPA, its a contract position.

then its tetap la.. but posted to MOH. congrats!

lemme answer your question

Factors which will influence my decision to move to Public / stay in Private :
1) Will I actually be doing "maintenance" or would I be able to be involved in actual design engineering, yada yada? (Note: I'm not going to be assigned to JKR but KKM) Personally, I get satisfaction from learning stuffand I heard that in the government you get to go for training- in fact they'd be more than willing to send you places for training. Is this true?

You will be mostly handling and attending meetings. Also supervising on site projects/maintenance. You will most probably not do the maintenance yourself.

2) Job security- private sector can kick you out anytime, but everyone seems to assume the government will keep you in service.

yes your job is safe until u sign a new agreement under a new skim saraan which most probably will have a clause to sack u if youre not performing. But dont worry, lotsa lazy ppl in civil service will not agree to this like how SBPA was scrapped.

3) Pension security - How can you even be sure your pension is secure, let alone your KWSP money. We're just presuming that in about 20 plus yrs when we retire, government will faithfully give money to you?

You are guaranteed pension after retirement as per ur agreement after your probationary period. Maybe gratuity will be scrapped though.

4) I'm a non-bumi, so I'm worried about the whole "you-aint-us-so-you-wont-go-high". Myth or Reality?

Depends on how u lick ur boss shoes. Its all bout networking in civil service. If u work hard but not ok with boss means ull forever be stuck.