 "Singapore Dreaming" was an independent, low-budget production, costing only S$800 000 in total to produce — 80% of which was raised by Executive Producer Woffles Wu.The film was Woffles Wu's first production, and the Colin Goh–Woo Yen Yen team's second.The rigors of production forced Producer Woo Yen Yen to take a no-pay leave from her job as an assistant professor.