No, not necessarily. Look at the PAP line-up.
There are people who are teachers, store owners, working in companies in middle management that will be perfectly acceptable as community leaders.
Its just that they will be labelled as the successful Malay florist in Bukit Batok and not successful florist in Bukit Batok.
Hmm, how do you define Success then?
It seems to be arbitrary to the fancy of PAP's definition?
Would a person who is more vocal on the Malay papers consider as acceptable as a community leader?
Goh Meng Seng